exsect

[ ek-sekt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to cut out.

Origin of exsect

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

Other words from exsect

  • ex·sec·tile [ek-sek-tl, -tahyl, -til], /ɛkˈsɛk tl, -taɪl, -tɪl/, adjective
  • ex·sec·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for exsect

exsect

/ (ɛkˈsɛkt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to cut out

Origin of exsect

1
C17: exsect, from Latin exsecāre to cut away, from secāre to cut

Derived forms of exsect

  • exsection (ɛkˈsɛkʃən), noun

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