excide

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verb

To cut off.

OriginLatin excidere →
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Meanings

verbexcide (third-person singular simple present excides, present participle exciding, simple past and past participle excided)

present singular third person excides · participle present exciding · participle past excided · past excided

  1. datedtransitiveusuallymedicineTo cut off.

Origin

  1. Latinexcidere
  2. Englishexcide

From Latin excidere, excisum; ex (“out”) + caedere (“to cut”). See concise, and compare excise (“to cut off”).

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APA

excide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excide

MLA

“excide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excide.

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