DISCIDE

Etymology

Verb

discide (third-person singular simple present discides, present participle disciding, simple past and past participle discided)

(transitive, obsolete) To cut apart; to cut into pieces.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*cide", v. t. Etym: [L. discidere; dis- + caedere to cut.]

Definition: To divide; to cleave in two. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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