Definition of Circumcises

1. Verb. (third-person singular of circumcise) ¹

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Definition of Circumcises

1. circumcise [v] - See also: circumcise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumcises

circumbinary
circumboreal
circumbulbar
circumburst
circumcenter
circumcenters
circumcentre
circumcentres
circumcinct
circumcircle
circumcircles
circumciser
circumcisers
circumcises (current term)
circumcising
circumcisions
circumcisor
circumcisors
circumcize
circumcized
circumcizes
circumcizing
circumclusion
circumclusions
circumcorneal
circumcursation
circumcursations

Literary usage of Circumcises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of Venice by Thomas Okey (1907)
"(13) Abraham circumcises Ishmael. (14) Abraham circumcises his household. (15 and 16) in the lunette over St Peter, above the inner door, Abraham receives ..."

2. The Acts of the Apostles by Joseph Rawson Lumby (1891)
"Paul revisits Derbe and Lystra, chooses Timothy for a companion in his mission, and circumcises him. They pass through Phrygia and Galatia, and come into ..."

3. The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life by John Donne (1839)
"... circumcises, In circumcising thou shalt circumcise; which denoted a diligent and a present despatch; so Abraham did despatch it diligently and presently ..."

4. The System of Doctrines: Contained in Divine Revelation, Explained and by Samuel Hopkins (1811)
"Yet the scripture speaks of them to whom God gives a new heart, and whose heart he circumcises, and whom he renews by his holy Spirit, as circumcising their ..."

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