circumcise
verb (used with object)
to remove the prepuce of (a male), especially as a religious rite.
circumcises
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present tense formof circumcise (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 John Payne
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 Henrietta Szold
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
