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English
Etymology
Latin incidere; prefix in- (“in”) + caedere (“to cut”). See concise, and compare incise.
Pronunciation
Verb
incide (third-person singular simple present incides, present participle inciding, simple past and past participle incided) (transitive, obsolete)
- To separate and remove (something); to cut.
- To resolve or break up (something), as by medicines.
1671, Robert Boyle, “An Introduction to the History of Particular Qualities. Chapter I.”, in Robert Boyle, Tracts . About the Cosmicall Qualities of Things. , London: W H for Ric Davis, →OCLC, page 6:[S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c.
1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. , London: J Tonson , →OCLC:[A]ll Saponaceous Substances, which incide the Mucus in the first Passages […]
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Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃi.de/
- Rhymes: -ide
- Hyphenation: in‧cì‧de
Verb
incide
- third-person singular present indicative of incidere
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb incidō (“I fall upon”).
Verb
incide
- second-person singular present active imperative of incidō
Etymology 2
Form of the verb incīdō (“I cut or hew open”).
Verb
incīde
- second-person singular present active imperative of incīdō
Portuguese
Verb
incide
- inflection of incidir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
incide
- inflection of incidir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative