abscise
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verb \ab-ˈsīz\ab·scisedab·scis·ing
Definition of ABSCISE
transitive verb
: to separate (as a flower from a stem) by abscission
intransitive verb
: to separate by abscission
Origin of ABSCISE
Latin abscisus, past participle of abscidere, from abs- + caedere to cut
First Known Use: 1612
Rhymes with ABSCISE
advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise
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