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EXCISABLE

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ex⋅cis⋅a⋅ble

  [ek-sahy-zuh-buhl, ik-sahy-]
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–adjective
subject to excise duty.
Origin:
1680–90; excise 1 + -able

ex⋅cise

2  [ik-sahyz]
–verb (used with object), -cised, -cis⋅ing.
1. to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
2. to cut out or off, as a tumor.
Origin:
1570–80; < L excīsus cut out, hewn down, ptp. of excīdere to excide

Related forms:
ex⋅cis⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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ex·cis·a·ble   (ĭk-sī'zə-bəl)   
adj.  Subject to an excise: excisable commodities.
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Word Origin & History

excise  (v.)
"cut out," 1490 (implied in excision), from M.Fr. exciser, from L. excisus, pp. of excidere "cut out, removed."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·cise
Pronunciation: 'ek-"sIz, -"sIs
Function: noun
1 : a tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity —compare INCOME TAX, PROPERTY TAX
2 : any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or other fee —see also Article I of the CONSTITUTION in the back matter —compare DIRECT TAX —excise transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·cise
Pronunciation: ik-'sIz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·cised; ex·cis·ing
: toremove by excision : RESECT <excise a tumor>
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Medical Dictionary

excise ex·cise (ĭk-sīz')
v. ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To remove by cutting.

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