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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  (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.
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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