abscind
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin abscindere, present active infinitive of abscindō (“cut off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + scindō (“cut, rend”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
abscind (third-person singular simple present abscinds, present participle abscinding, simple past and past participle abscinded)
- (transitive, archaic) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
- January 26 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 90
- Two syllables... abscinded from the rest.
- January 26 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 90
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to cut off
References[edit]
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abscind”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.