What does "incide" mean?

To separate and remove (something); to cut.

What is a synonym for "incide"?

Common synonyms include: chive, cut, race.

Incide

//ɪnˈsaɪd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To separate and remove (something); to cut. obsolete, transitive
2
To resolve or break up (something), as by medicines. obsolete, transitive
"[S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c."

Synonyms

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chive cut race

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"[S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c."

Etymology

From Latin incīdere; prefix in- (“in”) + caedere (“to cut”). See concise, and compare incise.

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