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abscinding

abscinding is the present participle and gerund of abscind.

Meaning of abscind

Verb

abscind (third-person singular simple present abscinds, present participle abscinding, simple past and past participle abscinded)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To cut off.
    • Two syllables... abscinded from the rest.January 26 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 90

Questions about abscinding

What is abscinding the present participle and gerund of?
Abscinding is the present participle and gerund of abscind.

Words near abscinding in the dictionary

  1. abscession
  2. abscessions
  3. abscessogenic
  4. abscind
  5. abscinded
  6. abscinding
  7. abscinds
  8. abscisate
  9. abscisates
  10. abscise
  11. abscised

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