资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Circumcise \Cir"cum*cise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumcised}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Circumcising}.] [L. circumcisus, p. p. of
   circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere
   to cut; akin to E. c[ae]sura, homicide, concise, and prob. to
   shed, v. t.]
   1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of
      males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.

   2. (Script.) To purify spiritually.