abscise

ab·scise

A0024800 (ăb-sīz′)v. ab·scised, ab·scis·ing, ab·scis·es v.tr. To cut off; remove.v.intr. To shed by abscission.

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[Latin abscīdere, abscīs- : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]

abscise

(æbˈsaɪz) vb (Botany) to separate or be separated by abscission[C17: from Latin abscisus, from abscīdere to cut off]

ab•scise

(æbˈsaɪz)

v.i. -scised, -scis•ing. to separate by abscission, as a leaf from a stem. [1605–15; < Latin abscīsus, past participle of abscīdere to cut off =abs- abs- + -cīdere, comb. form of caedere to cut]

abscise

Past participle: abscised
Gerund: abscising

Imperative
abscise
abscise

Present
I abscise
you abscise
he/she/it abscises
we abscise
you abscise
they abscise

Preterite
I abscised
you abscised
he/she/it abscised
we abscised
you abscised
they abscised

Present Continuous
I am abscising
you are abscising
he/she/it is abscising
we are abscising
you are abscising
they are abscising

Present Perfect
I have abscised
you have abscised
he/she/it has abscised
we have abscised
you have abscised
they have abscised

Past Continuous
I was abscising
you were abscising
he/she/it was abscising
we were abscising
you were abscising
they were abscising

Past Perfect
I had abscised
you had abscised
he/she/it had abscised
we had abscised
you had abscised
they had abscised

Future
I will abscise
you will abscise
he/she/it will abscise
we will abscise
you will abscise
they will abscise

Future Perfect
I will have abscised
you will have abscised
he/she/it will have abscised
we will have abscised
you will have abscised
they will have abscised

Future Continuous
I will be abscising
you will be abscising
he/she/it will be abscising
we will be abscising
you will be abscising
they will be abscising

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been abscising
you have been abscising
he/she/it has been abscising
we have been abscising
you have been abscising
they have been abscising

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been abscising
you will have been abscising
he/she/it will have been abscising
we will have been abscising
you will have been abscising
they will have been abscising

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been abscising
you had been abscising
he/she/it had been abscising
we had been abscising
you had been abscising
they had been abscising

Conditional
I would abscise
you would abscise
he/she/it would abscise
we would abscise
you would abscise
they would abscise

Past Conditional
I would have abscised
you would have abscised
he/she/it would have abscised
we would have abscised
you would have abscised
they would have abscised

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	abscise - shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissueabscise - remove or separate by abscissioncast off, shed, throw off, throw away, shake off, throw, cast, drop - get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
	2.	abscise - remove or separate by abscission abscise - shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissuechop off, lop off, cut off - remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"