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verb (used with object), cir·cum·cised, cir·cum·cis·ing.
1.
to remove the prepuce of (a male), especially as a religious rite.
2.
to remove the clitoris, prepuce, or labia of (a female).
3.
to purify spiritually.
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circumcise
mid-13c., in Scriptural sense, from O.Fr. circoncisier, from L. circumcidere "to cut round, to cut trim, to cut off" (see circumcision). Related: Circumcised (1560s).
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circumcise cir·cum·cise (sûr'kəm-sīz')
v. cir·cum·cised, cir·cum·cis·ing, cir·cum·cis·es
To perform a circumcision.
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