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scise

/ˈsaɪz/

scise verb: to cut; to penetrate. Also the alternative form of sais.

Verb

scise (third-person singular simple present scises, present participle scising, simple past and past participle scised)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To cut; to penetrate.
    • The wicked steel scised deep in his right side.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield...

Also used as

scise is also the alternative form of sais.

Forms of scise

Verb
third-person singular presentscises
present participlescising
past participlescised
pastscised
Noun
pluralscises

Origin of scise

From Latin scindere, scissum (“to cut, split”); form influenced by the unrelated excise.

Words that rhyme with scise

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Questions about scise

What does scise mean?
Scise means to cut; to penetrate.
What part of speech is scise?
Scise is a verb.
How do you pronounce scise?
Scise is pronounced /ˈsaɪz/.
What is the past tense of scise?
The past tense of scise is scised.

Words near scise in the dictionary

  1. scirtids
  2. scis
  3. scisaac
  4. sciscitation
  5. sciscitations
  6. scise
  7. scised
  8. scises
  9. scising
  10. scism
  11. scisms

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