Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
cut the skin over the clitoris;
2.
cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys;
- Example: "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Circumcise \Cir"cum*cise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumcised; p.
pr. & vb. n. Circumcising.] [L. circumcisus, p. p. of
circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere
to cut; akin to E. c[ae]sura, homicide, concise, and prob. to
shed, v. t.]
1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of
males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Script.) To purify spiritually.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
circumcise
v 1: cut the skin over the clitoris
2: cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the
bris, the baby boy is circumcised"