circumcises
- present tense form of circumcise (3rd person singular).
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Because of the lack of information, the U.S. is the only country that circumcises most of its male infants for nonreligious reasons.
From Time Magazine Archive
She said furthermore, "As my son hath removed my reproach, so Joshua, his descendant, will roll away a reproach from the Israelites, when he circumcises them beyond Jordan."
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta
So Noureddin gave him leave, whereupon another rose and said, 'O my lord, I wish to go to my brother, for he circumcises his son to-day.'
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John
He circumcises the semi-Jew, Timothy; and he performs his vows in the temple.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Cir′cumciser, one who circumcises; Circumci′sion, the act of circumcising.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
