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Webster 1913 Edition


Circumcise

Cir′cum-cise

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Circumcised
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Circumcising
.]
[L.
circumcisus
, p. p. of
circumcidere
to cut around, to circumcise;
circum + caedere
to cut; akin to E.
cæsura
, homi
cide
, con
cise
, and prob. to
shed
, v. t.]
1.
To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.
2.
(Script.)
To purify spiritually.

Webster 1828 Edition


Circumcise

CIRCUMCISE

,
Verb.
T.
To cut off the prepuce or foreskin of males; a ceremony or rite in the Jewish and Mohammedan religions. The word is applied also to a practice among some nations of performing a like operation upon females.

Definition 2024


circumcise

circumcise

English

Alternative forms

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 a **** (male).
  2. (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia (female).

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations


Latin

Etymology 1

Form of circumcīsus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈkiː.se/, [kɪr.kʊmˈkiː.sɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃiː.se]

Participle

circumcīse

  1. vocative masculine singular of circumcīsus

Etymology 2

From circumcīsus (cut, reduced) + (-ly).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈkiː.seː/, [kɪr.kʊmˈkiː.seː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃiː.se]

Adverb

circumcīsē (comparable circumcīsius, superlative circumcīsissimē)

  1. concisely, briefly

References


Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃirkumˈt͡ʃise]

Adjective

circumcise f pl, n pl

  1. feminine plural form of circumcis
    puli circumcisecircumcised cocks
  2. neuter plural form of circumcis
    penisuri circumcisecircumcised penises

Verb

circumcise

  1. third-person singular simple perfect form of circumcide.