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circumcise /sûrˈkəm-sīz/ transitive verb- To cut or cut off all or part of the foreskin of (a male) or all or part of the clitoris of (a female), often as a religious rite
- To purify (figurative)
ORIGIN: L circumcīdere, -cīsum, from caedere to cut cirˈcumciser noun circumcision /-sizhˈn/ noun - The act of circumcising
- The state of being circumcised
- Those who are circumcised, esp the Jews (archaic)
- (with cap) a festival celebrated on 1 January in commemoration of the circumcision of Christ (RC church)
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