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verb
Especially in certain traditional communities of Oceania and the South Pacific: to make an incision in the upper part of the foreskin of (a young boy or man), chiefly as a rite of passage.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in James Cook (1728–1779), explorer. From super- + -cise.
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