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circumcise

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Verb — To cut off the foreskin from a penis.

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Etymology

Came into English from Middle English circumcisen, from Old French circumciser (modern French circoncire) and its source Latin circumcīsus, the past participle of circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) plus caedō (“cut, hew”).

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