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Definition of Decapitated
1. Adjective. Having had the head cut off. "The beheaded prisoners"
Definition of Decapitated
1. Adjective. With the head removed. ¹
2. Verb. (past of decapitate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decapitated
1. decapitate [v] - See also: decapitate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decapitated
Literary usage of Decapitated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"I April—June iS$5_ .; OBSERVATIONS ON decapitated SILKWORM MOTHS. N. Passerini finds
that decapitated silk— worm moths live a long time, but are tor— - pid, ..."
2. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1908)
"were decapitated by pinching with fine forceps. The heads were cut off, ...
The larvae used in the following experiments were decapitated on July 10 and in ..."
3. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1873)
"Movements in decapitated animals—Definition and applications of the term ''
reflex "—Reflex action of the spinal cord—History of the discovery of so-called ..."
4. The wandering Jew by Eugène Sue (1845)
"THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF SAINT JOHN THE decapitated. THE sun is declining.
At the extremity of an immense forest of pines, in the depths of a gloomy ..."
5. A Text-book of Human Physiology: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and by Austin Flint (1876)
"... nerve-centre—Movements in decapitated animals—Definition and applications of
the term " reflex "—Reflex action of the spinal cord—Question of sensation ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"After being decapitated, his body was thrown into the sea. This took place about
1820. The story is told at some length in ..."
7. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Cabbage Palms, or Tree Palmettos.—Deceptive Appearance of Submarine Forest.—Alligators
swallowing Flints.—Their Tenacity of Life when decapitated. ..."
8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"On 18 October, 1646, when entering a cabin he was struck with a tomahawk and
afterwards decapitated. The head was fixed on the palisades and the body thrown ..."
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