| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To resect.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To purge. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To overlook. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To filter. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To chasten. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To decontaminate or disinfect. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To absolve, condone, excuse, forgive or pardon. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To clarify, cleanse, purify, refine or sterilize.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Present participle conjugation of the verb circumcise.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (circumcise) | 1. Cut the skin over the clitoris.[Wordnet]. 2. Cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised".[Wordnet]. 3. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.[Websters]. 4. To purify spiritually.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: circumcising, circumcised, circumcises, circumcisor, circumcisors, circumcisingly and circumcisedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "CIRCUMCISING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references) |
Specialty Definition: circumcise
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To cut off the prepuce or foreskin of males; a ceremony or rite in the Jewish and Mohammedan religions. The word is applied also to a practice among some nations of performing a like operation upon females.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] To amputate the clitoris, prepuce, or labia. (references) | 2: [Verb] To amputate the foreskin from a penis. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
