discind

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/dɪˈsɪnd/

verb

To divide or split (something).

OriginLatin discindo →
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Meanings

verbdiscind (third-person singular simple present discinds, present participle discinding, simple past and past participle discinded)

present singular third person discinds · participle present discinding · participle past discinded · past discinded

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo divide or split (something).

    [W]e found […] ſeveral ſuch Concretions as to bigneſs and ſhape, but ſo ſoft, that vve could eaſily cruſh and diſcind them betvvixt our fingers.

    1661, Robert Boyle, “[Two Essays, Concerning the Unsuccessfulness of Experiments, Containing Divers Admonitions and Observations (Chiefly Chymical) Touching that Subject.] The Second Essay, of Un-succeeding Experiments.”, in Certain Physiological Essays and Other Tracts; […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1669, →OCLC, page 87
verbdiscind (third-person singular simple present discinds, present participle discinding, simple past and past participle discinded)

present singular third person discinds · participle present discinding · participle past discinded · past discinded

  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of descend.

Origin

  1. Latindiscindo
  2. Englishdiscind

From Latin discindo, from dis- + scindo (“to cut, split”).

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