About The Word Abscission
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Abscission
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What's The Definition Of Abscission?
[n] the act of cutting something off
[n] shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant Synonyms | Synonyms for Abscission: cutting off Related Terms | Find terms related to Abscission: See Also | circumcision | remotion | removal | shedding | sloughing Abscission In Webster's Dictionary \Ab*scis"sion\, n. [L. abscissio. See {Abscind}.]
1. The act or process of cutting off. ``Not to be cured
without the abscission of a member.'' --Jer. Taylor.
2. The state of being cut off. --Sir T. Browne.
3. (Rhet.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having
begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, ``He is a man
of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but
I need say no more.''
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