[n. ek-sahyz, -sahys; v. ek-sahyz, ik-sahyz] 
noun, verb, -cised, -cising.| 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. |
| 4. | to impose an excise on. |
[ik-sahyz] | 1. | to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text. |
| 2. | to cut out or off, as a tumor. |
| ex·cise 1 (ěk'sīz') n.
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. |
excise ex·cise (ĭk-sīz')
v. ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To remove by cutting.
