Circumcise

['sɜːkəmsaɪz] or ['sɝkəmsaɪz]

Definition

(verb.) cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; 'During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised'.

(verb.) cut the skin over the clitoris.

Checked by Klaus--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.

(v. t.) To purify spiritually.

Typed by Justine

Definition

v.t. to cut off the foreskin according to the Jewish law: (fig.) to purify.—p.adj. Cir′cumcised that has undergone circumcision: purified chastened.—ns. Cir′cumciser one who circumcises; Circumci′sion the act of circumcising.

Editor: Vlad