intransitive verb, transitive verb abscised, abscising
Origin: < L abscisus, pp. of abscidere, to cut off < abs-, var. of ab-, ab- + caedere, to cut: see -cide
See abscise in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin:
Origin: Latin abscindere, absciss-
Origin: : ab-, away; see ab-1
Origin: + caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots
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