Excise’

n. 1 tax on goods produced or sold within the country of origin. 2 tax on certain licences. v. (sing) 1 charge excise on. 2 force (a person) to pay excise. [Dutch excijs from Romanic: related to Latin CENSUS tax] excise’ iik’saizt v. (sing) 1 remove (a passage from a book etc.). 2 cut out (an organ etc.) by surgery. o excision /ik’s13(a)ni n. [Latin excido cut out] excitable iik’sartab(a)1/ adj. easily