Meaning of CIRCUMCISE
| Pronunciation: | | 'surkum`sIz
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- [v] cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
- [v] cut the skin over the clitoris
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| | See Also: | | cut, remove, take, take away, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cir"cum*cise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumcised}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Circumcising}.] [L. circumcisus, p. p. of
circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere
to cut; akin to E. c[ae]sura, homicide, concise, and prob. to
shed, v. t.]
1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of
males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.
2. (Script.) To purify spiritually.
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are being circumcised, suggests that you are getting rid of an essential part of yourself. Alternatively, it may mean that you are regressing and cutting yourself off from feeling emotions. |
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