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1. (v.t.) circumcise
to remove the prepuce of (a male), esp. as a religious rite.
2. circumcise
to remove the clitoris, prepuce, or labia of (a female).
Etymology: (1200–50; ME < L circumcīsus, ptp. of circumcīdere to cut around)
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| Definition of 'circumcise' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) circumcise
cut the skin over the clitoris
2. (verb) circumcise
cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
"During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
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| Definition of 'circumcise' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) circumcise
to cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females
2. (verb) circumcise
to purify spiritually
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Sense: to remove the foreskin (of a man).
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 Afrikaans: besny |
 Arabic: يُطَهِّرُ الصَّبي، يَنْزَ |
 Bulgarian: обрязвам |
 Brazilian: circuncidar |
 Czech: obřezat |
 German: beschneiden |
 Danish: omskære |
 Greek: κάνω περιτομή |
 Spanish: circuncidar |
 Estonian: ümber lõikama |
 Farsi: ختنه کردن |
 Finnish: ympärileikata |
 French: circoncire |
 Hebrew: לַמוֹל |
 Hindi: खतना करना |
 Croatian: obrezati |
 Hungarian: körülmetél |
 Indonesian: menyunat (laki-laki) |
 Icelandic: umskera |
 Italian: circoncidere |
 Japanese: 割礼を施す |
 Korean: (남자의) 표피를 자르다 |
 Lithuanian: apipjaustyti |
 Latvian: apgraizīt |
 Malay: mengkhatankan |
 Dutch: besnijden |
 Norwegian: omskjære |
 Polish: obrzezać |
 Persian: ختنه کردن |
 Pashto: سنت كول، ختنه كول |
 Portuguese: circuncizar |
 Romanian: a circumcide |
 Russian: совершать обрезание |
 Slovak: obrezať |
 Slovenian: obrezati |
 Serbian: obrezati |
 Swedish: omskära |
 Thai: ขลิบหนังหุ้มปลายองคชาติ |
 Turkish: sünnet etmek |
 Taiwanese: 割除(男人的)包皮 |
 Ukrainian: здійснити обрізання |
 Urdu: بچے (مرد) کا ختنہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: cắt đầu bao quy đầu |
 Chinese: 割除...的包皮 |
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