incide

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/ɪnˈsaɪd/

verb

To separate and remove (something); to cut.

OriginLatin incīdere →
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Meanings

verbincide (third-person singular simple present incides, present participle inciding, simple past and past participle incided)

present singular third person incides · participle present inciding · participle past incided · past incided

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo separate and remove (something); to cut.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo resolve or break up (something), as by medicines.

    [A]ll Saponaceous Substances, which incide the Mucus in the first Passages […]

    1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC
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    [S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c.

    1671, Robert Boyle, “An Introduction to the History of Particular Qualities. Chapter I.”, in Tracts […]. About the Cosmicall Qualities of Things. […], London: […] W[illiam] H[all] for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, page 6

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
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Origin

  1. Latinincīdere
  2. Englishincide

From Latin incīdere; prefix in- (“in”) + caedere (“to cut”). See concise, and compare incise.

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Translations

Spanish incidir
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with incide

saidguideprovidesideinsideoutsideworldwideappliedtrieddecidenationwideprideasidetiedimpliedbrideidestatewideeyedalliedtidedividedriedbeside
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Sounds the same

inside

Anagrams

indicedienicceinid
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APA

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MLA

“incide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incide.

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