exscindv.
/ᵻkˈsɪnd/, /ɛkˈsɪnd/, U.S. /ɛkˈsɪnd/ transitive. To cut out, excise. literal and figurative. In early use: †To cut off, destroy (a nation, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > by cutting
to cut outc1400
slice?1560
exsect1641
exscind1662
excide1739
snip1801
scissor1832
excise1835
outcut1860
1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 21 If an aliquot part of every landlord's rent were excinded or retrenched.
1785 D. Low Chiropodologia 133 He exscinded the remainder with a pair of scissors.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 184 From whose proofs the said phrases were fraudulently exscinded.
1860 I. Taylor Spirit Hebr. Poetry (1873) 288 The Christian man will not attempt to exscind the irascible emotions, but he will strive to master them.
Derivatives
exˈscinded adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [adjective] > effaced, obliterated
cancelled1539
obliterated1611
worn-out1612
obliteratea1631
out-razed1638
erased1848
exscinded1877
1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. 488 We are not now inquiring into the legitimacy..of any of the exscinded sciences.
1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Exscinded, term applied to a part from the extremity of which an angular notch has been cut out.
exˈscinding n. and adj.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)
shearingc1315
paring1319
concision1382
shaving1390
thwiting1393
forcingc1440
trousing1512
trimmingc1525
circumcision1581
snipping1583
clipping1589
snip-snap1597
trim1608
whittling1614
collinga1628
shripping1635
snippery1639
undercuttinga1652
exscindinga1677
nipping1693
snip-snapping1906
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 405 The exscinding, and extirpation of the Amorites.
a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 63 God with his exscinding Sword in Hand.
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