Circumcising

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. (Script.) To purify spiritually.
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