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circumcize

circumcize is the obsolete spelling of circumcise.

Meaning of circumcise

Verb

circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)

  1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
    • The woman then explained [...] "I was married to this husband, who is one of their great men, and who is, moreover, a Jew, for there are different religions among them; and I also am a Jewess: and when this child was born, I spake unto my husband, and entreated of him, that he would get a Moohel to...1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 349
  2. (proscribed, sometimes) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
  3. (slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

Forms of circumcize

third-person singular presentcircumcizes
present participlecircumcizing
past participlecircumcized
pastcircumcized

Questions about circumcize

What is circumcize the obsolete spelling of?
Circumcize is the obsolete spelling of circumcise.

Words near circumcize in the dictionary

  1. circumcisionist
  2. circumcisionists
  3. circumcisions
  4. circumcisor
  5. circumcisors
  6. circumcize
  7. circumcized
  8. circumcizer
  9. circumcizers
  10. circumcizes
  11. circumcizing

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