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exscind

American  
[ek-sind] / ɛkˈsɪnd /

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut out or off.

exscind British  
/ ɛkˈsɪnd /

verb

  1. (tr) to cut off or out; excise

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Etymology

Origin of exscind

1655–65; < Latin exscindere to destroy, tear away, equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + scindere to cut, tear; scission

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Exscind, ek-sind′, v.t. to cut off.

From Project Gutenberg

You mean, then, to exscind the South, or to exscind yourself and others, or to compel the South to withdraw.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, sir, you mean to exscind the South; for it is absurd to imagine that you suppose the South will submit to such action.

From Project Gutenberg

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