Abscind

//əbˈsɪnd// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cut off. archaic, transitive

    "Two syllables... abscinded from the rest."

Etymology

From Latin abscindere (“cut off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + scindō (“cut, rend”).

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