Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Circumcise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Circumcise \Cir"cum*cise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumcised}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Circumcising}.] [L. circumcisus, p. p. of
circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere
to cut; akin to E. c[ae]sura, homicide, concise, and prob. to
shed, v. t.]
1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of
males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.
2. (Script.) To purify spiritually.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
circumcise
v 1: cut the skin over the clitoris
2: cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During
the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
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