abscind

English

Etymology

From Latin abscindere, present active infinitive of abscindō (“cut off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + scindō (“cut, rend”).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əbˈsɪnd/, /æbˈsɪnd/

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, archaic) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
    • (Can we date this quote?), Johnson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Two syllables... abscinded from the rest.

Translations

References
  1. “abscind” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
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