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exsect

American  
[ek-sekt] / ɛkˈsɛkt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut out.

exsect British  
/ ɛkˈsɛkt, ɛkˈsɛkʃən /

verb

  1. (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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