Circumcise
Circumcise , transitive verb
[Latin circumcisus, past participle of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to English casura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, transitive verb]
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.
(Scripture) To purify spiritually.