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Definition of "exscind" []

  • To cut out; excise. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "exscind" in a sentence
  • "You mean, then, to _exscind the South, or to exscind yourself and others_, or to _compel the South to withdraw_."
  • "_you mean to exscind the South_; for it is absurd to imagine that you suppose the South will submit to such action."
  • "Christian presence, and Christian participation, and Christian sentiment boldly into the midst of the people’s amusements, with a view less to exscind than to regulate."