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Webster 1913 Edition

Circumcise

Cir′cum-cise

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Circumcised
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Circumcising
.]
[L.
circumcisus
, p. p. of
circumcidere
to cut around, to circumcise;
circum + caedere
to cut; akin to E.
cæsura
, homi
cide
, con
cise
, and prob. to
shed
, v. t.]
1.
To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.
2.
(Script.)
To purify spiritually.

Webster 1828 Edition

Circumcise

CIRCUMCISE

,
Verb.
T.
To cut off the prepuce or foreskin of males; a ceremony or rite in the Jewish and Mohammedan religions. The word is applied also to a practice among some nations of performing a like operation upon females.

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