defalcate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 [ˈdɛfəɫkeɪt]   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To misappropriate funds; to embezzle. intransitive
  2. To cut off (a part of something). obsolete,transitive
  3. To deduct or take away (a part of income, money, rents, etc.). obsolete,transitive
    — One would have thought the natural method in a plan of reformation vvould be, to take the preſent exiſting eſtimates as they ſtand; and then to ſhevv vvhat may be practicably and ſafely defalcated from them.

词形变化

defalcates present,singular,third-person defalcating participle,present defalcated participle,past defalcated past

词汇关系

衍生词
defalcation defalcator undefalcated
相关词
falcate lop

词源

First attested in the 1530s, in the sense “to lop off”; borrowed from Medieval Latin dēfalcātus, perfect passive participle of dēfalcō (“to cut or lop off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
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