Abscise Definition

ăb-sīz

abscised, abscises, abscising

verb

To separate by abscission.

Webster's New World

To cut off; remove.

American Heritage Medicine

To shed by abscission.

American Heritage Medicine

To cut off. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]

Wiktionary

(intransitive, botany) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]

Wiktionary

Origin of Abscise

Latin abscīdere abscīs- ab- away ab–¹ caedere to cut kaə-id- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin abscīsus, perfect passive participle of abscīdō (“cut off”); formed from abs- + caedō (“cut”).

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