circumcise

2 definitions found

circumcise - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Circumcise \Cir"cum*cise\, v. 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. c[ae]sura, homicide, concise, 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.
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     2. (Script.) To purify spiritually.
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circumcise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  circumcise
      v 1: cut the skin over the clitoris
      2: cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the
         bris, the baby boy is circumcised"