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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
, homicide
, concise
, 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.
Definition 2024
circumcise
circumcise
English
Alternative forms
Verb
circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)
- To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from a **** (male).
- (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia (female).
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
to remove the foreskin from the ****
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to remove the clitoris or labia
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Latin
Etymology 1
Form of circumcīsus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈkiː.se/, [kɪr.kʊmˈkiː.sɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃiː.se]
Participle
circumcīse
- vocative masculine singular of circumcīsus
Etymology 2
From circumcīsus (“cut, reduced”) + -ē (“-ly”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈkiː.seː/, [kɪr.kʊmˈkiː.seː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃiː.se]
Adverb
circumcīsē (comparable circumcīsius, superlative circumcīsissimē)
References
- circumcise in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “circumcise”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃirkumˈt͡ʃise]
Adjective
circumcise f pl, n pl
- feminine plural form of circumcis
- puli circumcise ― circumcised cocks
- neuter plural form of circumcis
- penisuri circumcise ― circumcised penises
Verb
circumcise
- third-person singular simple perfect form of circumcide.