to circumcise
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- verb
- /ˈsɜrkəmˌsaɪz/
:
circuncidar
- During the ceremony, the rabbi performed the rite to circumcise the newborn baby.
- circumcised boys
- circumcised sons
- circumcised men
And he was making Gentile converts get circumcised.
- And he was making Gentile converts get circumcised.
- I think that on that episode we were talking about like if I would circumcise my son and I was like, I don't know if I would.
- So you're going to have to be circumcised and all of your, your, you know, people under you.
- My in high school this is how many people are just circumcised and like to say that you're uncircumcised is like what the fuck?
Examples
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His parents had fancied themselves modern and did not have him circumcised at birth.
Fiction book (1993) -
The parents chose to circumcise their son in accordance with their religious beliefs.
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Excuse me, why did you not stop me from circumcising your son?
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For some families, however, the decision to have a child circumcised is not that easy.
Blog text (3) -
There are people in this world who think not circumcising your baby boys is horrible.
Blog text (4) -
Sometime before the age of twelve, and generally after the age of five, boys are circumcised.
Academic text (1994) -
Lord God of all Israel, king of the universe, we have circumcised this child that he may enter into Abraham's covenant.
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The chief sets the date, chooses the boys to be circumcised, and appoints the circumcisor.
Academic text (1999) -
Doctors recommend that some boys should be circumcised for medical reasons early in life.
Surface Forms
Morphology
circumcise = circum (semi-transparent) = circum + cise
The literal composition 'circum' (around) + 'cise' (cut) yields 'cut around', but the morpheme 'cise' is not a standalone English word and the specialized medical sense is not obvious to an average learner.
Etymology
Circumcise comes from Latin parts circum- ('around') and -cise ('to cut'). It literally means 'cut around', so it describes removing the foreskin from the penis.