abscise
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin abscīsus, perfect passive participle of abscīdō (“cut off”); formed from abs- + caedō (“cut”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
abscise (third-person singular simple present abscises, present participle abscising, simple past and past participle abscised)
- (transitive) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
- (intransitive, botany) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
cut off
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abscise”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
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Latin edit
Adjective edit
abscīse
References edit
- “abscise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press