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   decussate

   verb

   • 1. (of two or more things) cross or intersect each other to form an X: "the fibres decussate in the collar"

   adjective

   • 1. shaped like an X.
   • ▪ (of leaves) arranged in opposite pairs, each pair being at right angles to the pair below.

   Word Origin mid 17th century (as a verb): from Latin decussatus, past participle of decussare ‘divide crosswise’, from decussis (describing the figure X, i.e. the Roman numeral for the number 10), from decem ‘ten’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. decussation noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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