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• scissor — /siz euhr/, v.t. 1. to cut or clip out with scissors. 2. to eliminate or eradicate from a text; expunge: testimony scissored from the record. v.i. 3. to move one s body or legs like the blades of scissors: a gymnast scissoring over the bar. n. 4 …   Universalium

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• excise — excise1 n. /ek suyz, suys/; v. /ek suyz, ik suyz /, n., v., excised, excising. n. 1. an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country. 2. a tax levied for a …   Universalium

• excise — I ex•cise [[t]ˈɛk saɪz, saɪs[/t]] v. [[t]also ɪkˈsaɪz[/t]] n. v. cised, cis•ing 1) bus an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country 2) bus a fee imposed …   From formal English to slang