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Webster 1913 Edition


Abscind

Ab-scind′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
absindere
;
ab
+
scindere
to rend, cut. See
Schism
.]
To cut off.
[R.]
“Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest.”
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abscind

ABSCIND'

,
vt.
[L. abscindo.] To cut off. [Little used.]