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Definition of circumcise verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

circumcise

verb

NAmE//ˈsərkəmˌsaɪz//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they circumcise

he / she / it circumcises

past simple circumcised

-ing form circumcising

1circumcise somebody to remove the foreskin of a boy or man for religious or medical reasons

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2circumcise somebody to cut off part of the sex organs of a girl or woman

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