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abscise

/əbˈsaɪz/US/æbˈsaɪz/

abscise verb: to cut off.

Verb

abscise (third-person singular simple present abscises, present participle abscising, simple past and past participle abscised)

  1. (transitive) To cut off.
  2. (intransitive) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off.

abscise meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

abscise in Tamil

வெட்டு

abscise in Bengali

কেটে ফেলা, ছেদন করা

abscise in Kannada

ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕು, ಕಡಿತೆಗೆ, ಕೊಯ್ತೆಗೆ

Forms of abscise

third-person singular presentabscises
present participleabscising
past participleabscised
pastabscised

Origin of abscise

From Latin abscīsus, perfect passive participle of abscīdō (“cut off”); formed from abs- + caedō (“cut”).

Words formed from abscise

Words that rhyme with abscise

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Questions about abscise

What does abscise mean?
Abscise means to cut off.
What is abscise in Tamil?
Abscise in Tamil is வெட்டு. See Abscise meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abscise?
Abscise is a verb.
How do you pronounce abscise?
Abscise is pronounced /əbˈsaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of abscise?
The past tense of abscise is abscised.

Words near abscise in the dictionary

  1. abscinded
  2. abscinding
  3. abscinds
  4. abscisate
  5. abscisates
  6. abscise
  7. abscised
  8. abscises
  9. abscisic
  10. abscisic acid
  11. abscisin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abscise (page history and authors); abscise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abscise (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abscise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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