abscise

== English == === Etymology === From Latin abscīsus, perfect passive participle of abscīdō (“cut off”); formed from abs- + caedō (“cut”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈsaɪz/ (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsaɪz/ Rhymes: -aɪz === Verb === abscise (third-person singular simple present abscises, present participle abscising, simple past and past participle abscised) (transitive) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.] (intransitive, botany) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. [First attested in the early 20th century.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === ecbasis, scabies == Latin == === Adjective === abscīse vocative masculine singular of abscīsus === References === “abscise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press