- abscind
- ab·scind
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abscind
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Abscind — Ab*scind , v. t. [L. absindere; ab + scindere to rend, cut. See {Schism}.] To cut off. [R.] Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest. Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abscind — I verb amputate, break, cancel, cleave, clip, cut, decapitate, delete, detach, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dismember, dispart, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, erase, excise, extirpate, mutilate, part, partition, rend, rive, rupture,… … Law dictionary
abscind — (v.) 1650s, from L. abscindere to cut off (see ABSCISSA (Cf. abscissa)). Related: Abscinded; abscinding … Etymology dictionary
abscind — /ab sind /, v.t. to sever. [1650 60; < L abscindere, equiv. to ab AB + scindere to divide, tear] * * * … Universalium
abscind — verb To cut off. See Also: rescind, abscission, abscissa … Wiktionary
abscind — /əbˈsɪnd / (say uhb sind) verb (t) to cut off; sever. {Latin abscindere cut off} …
abscind — v.t. cut off; pare … Dictionary of difficult words
abscind — abˈsind transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin abscindere to cut or tear off, from ab ab (I) + scindere to cut, tear more at shed (to throw off) : to cut off … Useful english dictionary
Nonaddition — (Roget s Thesaurus) Subduction < N PARAG:Nonaddition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 subduction subduction subtraction Sgm: N 1 deduction deduction retrenchment Sgm: N 1 removal removal Sgm: N 1 ablation ablation sublation Sgm: N … English dictionary for students
Abscissa — Ab*scis sa, n.; E. pl. {Abscissas}, L. pl. {Absciss[ae]}. [L., fem. of abscissus, p. p. of absindere to cut of. See {Abscind}.] (Geom.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
