circumcise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cut the skin over the clitoris
  2. verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
    • During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised

WordNet

Cir"cum*cise transitive verb
Etymology
L. circumcisus, p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. cæsura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, v. t.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Circumcised ; present participle & verbal noun Circumcising
Definitions
  1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.
  2. (Script.) To purify spiritually.

Webster 1913