abscind

English

Etymology

From Latin abscindere (“cut off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + scindō (“cut, rend”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əbˈsɪnd/, /æbˈsɪnd/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Rhymes: -ɪnd

Verb

abscind (third-person singular simple present abscinds, present participle abscinding, simple past and past participle abscinded)

(transitive, archaic) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]^[1]
- January 26 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 90
  Two syllables... abscinded from the rest.

Related terms

Translations

to cut off

Bulgarian: отрязвам (bg) (otrjazvam), отсичам (bg) (otsičam)
Dutch: afsnijden (nl), doorsnijden (nl), couperen (nl)

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abscind”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

[SOED-1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abscind”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

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