scise

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/ˈsaɪz/

verb

To cut; to penetrate.

OriginLatin scindere →
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Meanings

verbscise (third-person singular simple present scises, present participle scising, simple past and past participle scised)

present singular third person scises · participle present scising · participle past scised · past scised

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo cut; to penetrate.

    The wicked steel scised deep in his right side.

    1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC
nounscise (plural scises)

plural scises

  1. IndiaalternativeAlternative form of sais (servant responsible for horses)

    The bearer and the scise ( Sic ) , when they returned , came to the place where I was , and laid hold of Mr. Ducarell .

    1882, Henry Elmsley Busteed, Echoes from Old Calcutta, page 230
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    We proceeded about half-a-mile very well; but the night was so wet, that our humanity induced us to make the scise get up on the foot-board.

    1825, Robert Grenville Wallace, Forty years in the world, page 217

    "My horse! my horse!" cried he—and as he patted his war neck, the scise saw the fire of his tear-starred eye and trembled.

    1826, “Parsee Rigour”, in The Atheneum, volume 18, page 79

Origin

  1. Latinscindere
  2. Englishscise

From Latin scindere, scissum (“to cut, split”); form influenced by the unrelated excise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scise

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Sounds the same

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Anagrams

Cisse
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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