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scising

scising is the present participle and gerund of scise.

Meaning of scise

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...

Questions about scising

What is scising the present participle and gerund of?
Scising is the present participle and gerund of scise.

Words near scising in the dictionary

  1. sciscitation
  2. sciscitations
  3. scise
  4. scised
  5. scises
  6. scising
  7. scism
  8. scisms
  9. sciss
  10. scissars
  11. scissel

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