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excise verb1 trans. L16.
[Latin excis- pa. ppl stem of excidere, formed as EX-1 1 + caedere to cut.]
Chiefly Botany & Zoology. Notch or hollow out some of the substance of. Chiefly as excised pa. pple. L16.
Circumcise (esp. a woman or girl). E-M17.
Remove or expunge (a passage) from or from a book etc. M17.
H. R. Reynolds Marcion excised other portions of the Gospel which contradict his views.
Cut out physically (a growth, organ, etc.); remove or take out as if by cutting. M19.
J. R. S. Fincham F can not only be integrated into the chromosome but can also be excised from it. fig.: W. H. Auden Where abnormal / growths of self-love are excised / by the crude surgery of a / practical joke.
excisable adjective1 able or needing to be excised M19.