To cut; to make an incision or cut into something (archaic or specialized term).
From Latin 'caedere' meaning to cut, which also gives us 'incise' and 'scissors.' This older verb form is related to the modern '-cise' suffix found in words like 'excise' and 'circumcise.'
Latin 'caedere' (to cut) is hiding inside modern words—'scissors,' 'excise,' 'circumcise'—all come from this one root, showing how ancient languages organized verbs around physical actions and modern vocabulary built outward from there.
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