Synonyms

exsect

American

[ek-sekt] / ɛkˈsɛkt /

verb (used with object)

to cut out.

exsect British

/ ɛkˈsɛkt, ɛkˈsɛkʃən /

verb

(tr) to cut out

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Other Word Forms

exsectile adjective
exsection noun

Etymology

Origin of exsect

1635–45; < Latin exsectus cut out, cut away, past participle of ex ( s ) ecāre, equivalent to ex- ex- ¹ + secāre to cut; sect

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Exsect, ek-sekt′, v.t. to cut out.—n.

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