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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