exscinding

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exscinding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Exscind \Ex*scind"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exscinded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Exscinding.] [L. exscindere; ex out, from + scindere
     to cut.]
     To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate.
     --Barrow.
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           The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also
           exscinded by that Assembly.              --Am. Cyc.
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