abscind

English

Etymology

From Latin abscindere, present active infinitive of abscindō (“cut off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + scindō (“cut, rend”).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əbˈsɪnd/, /æbˈsɪnd/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪnd

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]
    • January 26 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 90
      Two syllables... abscinded from the rest.

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References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abscind”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
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