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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>depeditate</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dentro.html" title="dentro"/><link rel="next" href="deprecated.html" title="deprecated"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">depeditate</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dentro.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="deprecated.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="depeditate"/><dt xmlns="" id="depeditate"><b>depeditate</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/dee·ped'@·tayt/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [by (faulty) analogy with <span class="firstterm">decapitate</span>] Humorously, to cut off the feet of.
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When one is using some computer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement
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of text blocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-off
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letter descenders. Such letters are said to have been depeditated.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dentro.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="deprecated.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dentro </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> deprecated</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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