(v) behead, See Also: decapitate, execute, chop off the head, Syn. ตัดศรีษะ, Example:บทลงโทษผู้กระทำผิดในสมัยก่อนเพชฌฆาตจะตัดหัวผู้กระทำผิด, Thai Definition:การประหารชีวิตในสมัยโบราณ
a. [ L. capitatus fr. caput head. ] 1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) Having the flowers gathered into a head. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decapitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decapitating. ] [ LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief. ] 1. To cut off the head of; to behead. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To remove summarily from office. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[はねる, haneru] (v1, vt) (1) to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; (2) to reject; to deny; to refuse; (3) to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out; (4) to flip; to splash; to splatter; (5) (esp. 刎ねる) to decapitate; to behead; (6) to jump up; (7) (See 寝癖) to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair); (P)