dĕ-ascĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1, ascio], 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.