"decate" meaning in English

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          "text": "It is therefore important to decate only very slightly.",
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          "ref": "1956, John V. Haggard, Manufacture of Clothing, 1945-53, page 186:",
          "text": "The Commanding General wished to know whether cloth going into storage should ever be decated. The opinion of the technologist was that , if the cloth was decated in the presence of DDT, the mothicide would steam-distill out[…]",
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          "ref": "2002, Marypaul Yates, Fabrics: A Guide for Interior Designers and Architects, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 159:",
          "text": "Next it will be […] neatly rolled, and finally pressed or decated (pressed with steam). Each of these processes requires several hours and specific equipment.",
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        "To decatize (“steam fabric”)."
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