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Definition of Exscind
1. v. t. To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate.
Definition of Exscind
1. Verb. (medicine surgery) To cut out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exscind
1. to cut out [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exscind
Literary usage of Exscind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by James Donald, William Chambers (1878)
"... eks- sang'gwin-us, adj., without blood or red blood. [L. ex, priv., and sanguis,
sanguinis, blood.] exscind, ck-sind', vt, to cutoff:—pr.p. ..."
2. Slavery Ordained of God by Frederick Augustus Ross (1857)
"Then, sir, you mean to exscind the South ; for it is absurd to imagine that you
suppose the South will submit to such action. ..."
3. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1913)
"... curtail, exscind, dissect, chamfer, amputate, carve, chase, chisel, lance,
... intercept. cut out. exscind, excise, remove; supplant; debar, exclude. ..."
4. A Criticism of Systems of Hebrew Metre: An Elementary Treatise by William Henry Cobb (1905)
"On the last verse of the psalm, our author observes with his wonted caution : '
If one ventured to exscind liy the verse would be smoother ; but I ..."
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