excise

[ noun ek-sahyz, -sahys; verb ek-sahyz, ik-sahyz ]

/ noun ˈɛk saɪz, -saɪs; verb ˈɛk saɪz, ɪkˈsaɪz /

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noun

an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.

a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.

British. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.

verb (used with object), ex·cised, ex·cising.

to impose an excise on.

Nearby words

excipient, exciple, excipulum, excircle, excisable, excise, excise tax, exciseman, excision, excision biopsy, excitability

Origin of excise

1485–95; apparently < Middle Dutch excijs, variant of accijs < Medieval Latin accīsa tax, literally, a cut, noun use of feminine past participle of Latin accīdere to cut into, equivalent to ac- ac- + cīd-, variant stem of caedere to cut + -ta feminine past participle suffix, with dt > s

Definition for excised (2 of 2)

excise

[ ik-sahyz ]

/ ɪkˈsaɪz /

verb (used with object), ex·cised, ex·cis·ing.

to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.

to cut out or off, as a tumor.

Origin of excise

1570–80; < Latin excīsus cut out, hewn down, past participle of excīdere to excide

Related formsex·cis·a·ble, adjective

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In Pedigree he seems to have collected all of these excised sentences into one book (which may explain its length).
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The portion of the whole thickness of the lid together with the growth is excised by a V-shaped incision (Fig. 159).
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Small hairy nævi may be excised, or, as also in the larger hairy moles, the hairs may be removed by electrolysis.
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A triangular piece of skin with its base upwards is excised from the outer canthus in the following manner (Fig. 150).
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Of late years these howlers have been excised, but if Scotland had Home Rule they might re-appear.
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But as Aytoun confessedly rejected such inappropriate stanzas, he may have found it in his copy and excised it.
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British Dictionary definitions for excised (1 of 2)

excise

noun (ˈɛksaɪz, ɛkˈsaɪz)

Also called: excise tax a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market

a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc

British that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now part of HMRC

Derived Formsexcisable, adjective

Word Origin for excise

C15: probably from Middle Dutch excijs, probably from Old French assise a sitting, assessment, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, assist in judging, from sedēre to sit

British Dictionary definitions for excised (2 of 2)

excise

/ (ɪkˈsaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to delete (a passage, sentence, etc); expunge

to remove (an organ, structure, or part) surgically

Derived Formsexcision (ɪkˈsɪʒən), noun

Word Origin for excise

C16: from Latin excīdere to cut down; see excide

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Word Origin and History for excised (1 of 2)

excise

"tax on goods," late 15c., from Middle Dutch excijs (early 15c.), apparently altered from accijs "tax" (by influence of Latin excisus "cut out or removed," see excise (v.)), traditionally from Old French acceis "tax, assessment" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + census "tax, census" (see census). English got the word, and the idea for the tax, from Holland.

Word Origin and History for excised (1 of 2)

excise

"cut out," 1570s, from Middle French exciser, from Latin excisus, past participle of excidere "cut out, cut down, cut off," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -cidere, comb. form of caedere "to cut down" (see -cide). Related: Excised; excising.

excise

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verb (used with object), ex·cised, ex·cising.

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verb (used with object), ex·cised, ex·cis·ing.

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excise

noun (ˈɛksaɪz, ɛkˈsaɪz)

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