Meanings
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1
noun
a tax on goods produced, sold, or used within a country
The government raised the excise on tobacco.
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2
verb
to remove something by cutting it out
The surgeon excised the damaged tissue.
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3
verb
to remove words or material from a text
The editor excised the repeated paragraph.
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Etymology
The tax noun comes through Dutch and French forms meaning an assessment. The verb "cut out" is associated with Latin excidere, "to cut out," which shaped the spelling and modern surgical/editorial sense.