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ex⋅cise

1  [n. ek-sahyz, -sahys; v. ek-sahyz, ik-sahyz] noun, verb, -cised, -cising.
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–noun
1. an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
2. a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
3. British. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.
–verb (used with object)
4. to impose an excise on.
Origin:
1485–95; appar. < MD excijs, var. of accijs < ML accīsa tax, lit., a cut, n. use of fem. ptp. of L accīdere to cut into, equiv. to ac- ac- + cīd-, var. s. of caedere to cut + -ta fem. ptp. suffix, with dt > s

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·cise 1   (ěk'sīz')   
n.  

  1. An internal tax imposed on the production, sale, or consumption of a commodity or the use of a service within a country: excises on tobacco, liquor, and long-distance telephone calls.

  2. A licensing charge or a fee levied for certain privileges.

tr.v.   ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To levy an excise on.

[Middle Dutch excijs, alteration (influenced by Latin excīsus, past participle of excīdere, to cut out) of accijs, tax, probably from Old French acceis, partly from Vulgar Latin *accēnsum (Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cēnsus, tax; see census) and partly from Old French assise, legislative ordinance; see assize.]
ex·cise 2   (ĭk-sīz')   
tr.v.   ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To remove by or as if by cutting: excised the tumor; excised two scenes from the film.

[Latin excīdere, excīs- : ex-, ex- + caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·ci'sion (-sĭzh'ən) n.
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Word Origin & History

excise  (n.)
"tax on goods," 1494, from M.Du. excijs, apparently altered from accijs "tax" (by infl. of L. excisus "cut out or removed," see excise (v.)), traditionally from O.Fr. acceis "tax, assessment," from V.L. *accensum, ult. from L. ad- "to" + census "tax, census." English got the word, and the idea for the tax, from Holland.
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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
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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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