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English Dictionary: decussate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decussate adj crossed or intersected in the form of an X [syn: decussate, intersectant, intersecting] v cross or intersect so as to form a cross; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decussate \Decus"sate\, Decussated \Decus"sa*ted\, a. 1. Crossed; intersected. 2. (Bot.) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches. 3. (Rhet.) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decussate \De*cus"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decussated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decussating}.] [L. decussatus, p. p. of decussare to cross like an X, fr. decussis (orig. equiv. to decem asses) the number ten, which the Romans represented by X.] To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.