verb transitive

dĕ-ascĭo

2nd PP dĕ-ascĭāre · 3rd PP dĕ-ascāvi · 4th PP dĕātum · conj. 1st

to hew; cut with an axe, to smoothe

to hew or cut with an axe, to smoothe.

wrought, smoothed

Lit. (late Lat.): deasciato stipiti, wrought, smoothed, Prud. στεφ. 10, 381.—

To rub out, efface

To rub out, efface: hunc titulum, Murat. Inscr. 1203, 9.—

to cheat, to chouse figuratively

Trop.: aliquem, to cheat, to chouse (cf. abrado), Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 11.

Perseus ID: n12378 Key: deascio