excise 1
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 license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
3. Brit. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.
v.t.
4. to impose an excise on.
[ 1485-95; appar. excijs, var. of accijs accisa tax, lit., a cut, n. use of fem. ptp. of L accidere to cut into, equiv. to ac- AC- + cid-, var. s. of caedere to cut + -ta fem. ptp. suffix, with dt > s ]
excise 2
— excisable , adj.
/ik suyz"/ , v.t., excised, excising .
1. to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
2. to cut out or off, as a tumor.
[ 1570-80; excisus cut out, hewn down, ptp. of excidere to EXCIDE ]