English Explanatory Dictionary

exscind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cut out.
  2. To destroy utterly, to extirpate.

Pronunciation

ĕk(s)-sĭndʹ ĭk(s)-sĭndʹ /ɛk(s)ˈsɪnd/ /ɪk(s)ˈsɪnd/

Word forms

exscind exscinds exscinding exscinded

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exscindō (“demolish, destroy”), originally in the sense “to destroy utterly”.

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