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Definitions for: Circumcise [v] cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
[v] cut the skin over the clitoris
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
See Also: cut, remove, take, take away, withdraw
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