decussate

Other forms of decussate

past tense

decussated·

present participle

decussating·

third person

decussates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about decussate

What does decussate mean?

decussate means "cross or intersect so as to form a cross". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in decussate?

decussate has 3 syllables: de-cus-sate. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for decussate?

Close synonyms include intersectant, intersecting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is decussate a common word?

decussate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.