Definition of Circomcise
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.
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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To excise the foreskin of a penis
- To excise the clitoris, prepuce, or labia
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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