excise
To impose an excise tax on somethingTo impose an excise tax on something.
» They consider linguistic diversity a cancer to be excised.
Meaning
2 sensesTo impose an excise tax on something.
levy an excise tax on
To cut out; to remove.
Military censors have excised some details from the photographs for security reasons.
ausschneiden, herausschneiden, exzidieren
вырезатьvyrezatʹ
вирі́зуватиvyrízuvaty, виріза́тиvyrizáty, ви́різатиvýrizaty
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
Examples
4 sentencesThey consider linguistic diversity a cancer to be excised.
They see linguistic diversity as a cancer to be excised.
Some consider linguistic diversity a cancer to be excised; I consider it precious.
Linguistic diversity is a treasure to be cherished, not a cancer to be excised.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”), from earlier accijs (“tax”), from Old French acceis (“tax, assessment”) (whence modern French accise), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad + census (“tax, census”).
From French exciser, from Latin excisus, past participle of excīdō (“cut out”), from ex (“out of, from”) + caedō (“cut”).
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Forms
excises, excising, excised, excisedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle