EXCIDE

Etymology

Verb

excide (third-person singular simple present excides, present participle exciding, simple past and past participle excided)

(transitive) To cut off.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*cide", v. t. Etym: [L. excidere, excisum; ex out + caedere to cut. See Concise, and cf. Excise to cut off.]

Definition: To cut off. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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