'Circumcise' definitions:
Definition of 'circumcise'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cut the skin over the clitoris
verb
Cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
Definition of 'Circumcise'
From: GCIDE
- Circumcise \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Script.) To purify spiritually. [1913 Webster]