abscind
verbUS /əbˈsɪnd/
Etymology From Latin abscindere (“cut off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + scindō (“cut, rend”).
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Archaic To cut off.
- Two syllables... abscinded from the rest.January 26 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 90
- Related terms
- rescind, abscission, abscissa