abscise

abscise

English

Etymology

From Latin abscīsus, perfect passive participle of abscīdō (“cut off”); formed from abs- + caedō (“cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈsaɪz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsaɪz/

Verb

abscise (third-person singular simple present abscises, present participle abscising, simple past and past participle abscised)

1. (transitive) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17^th century.][1]
2. (intransitive, botany) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. [First attested in the early 20^th century.][1]

Translations

cut off

Dutch: afsnijden door abscissie

botany: shed off

Dutch: afvallen (nl)

References

1. “abscise” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

Anagrams

• ecbasis, scabies

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Latin

Adjective

abscīse

1. vocative masculine singular of abscīsus

References

• abscise in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press