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circumcise


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Circumcise  \Cir"cum*cise\,  v.  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.  c[ae]sura,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  circumcise 
  v  1:  cut  the  skin  over  the  clitoris 
  2:  cut  the  foreskin  off  male  babies  or  teenage  boys;  "During 
  the  bris,  the  baby  boy  is  circumcised" 




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