exscind Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ex*scind" transitive verb

Etymology

L. exscindere; ex out, from + scindere to cut.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Exscinded; present participle & verbal noun Exscinding

Definitions

1. To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate. Barrow.

   The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also exscinded by that Assembly. Am. Cyc.