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circumcise 
  vb tr 
1 to remove the foreskin of (a male) 
2 to incise surgically the skin over the clitoris of (a female) 
3 to remove the clitoris of (a female) 
4 to perform the religious rite of circumcision on (someone) 
  (C13: from Latin circumcidere, from circum- + caedere to cut) 
♦  circumciser  n 

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