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Webster 1913 Edition


Abscind

Ab-scind′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
absindere
;
ab
+
scindere
to rend, cut. See
Schism
.]
To cut off.
[R.]
“Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest.”
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abscind

ABSCIND'

,
vt.
[L. abscindo.] To cut off. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


abscind

abscind

English

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, archaic) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
    • (Can we date this quote?), Johnson, (Please provide the title of the work):
      Two syllables... abscinded from the rest.

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References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 8