dĕ-ascĭo
āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I.
to hew or cut with an axe, to smoothe.
I.
Lit. (late Lat.): deasciato stipiti, wrought, smoothed, Prud. στεφ. 10, 381.—
B.
To rub out, efface: hunc titulum, Murat. Inscr. 1203, 9.—
II.
Trop.: aliquem, to cheat, to chouse (cf. abrado), Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 11.