EXCISE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for EXCISE, such as:
1. When you excise the dead and dying limbs of a tree, you not only improve its appearance but also enhance its chances of bearing fruit.
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Meanings and Examples of EXCISE
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excise
v. cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting
Classic Sentence:
1 He had scarcely been a week at Leghorn before the hold of his vessel was filled with printed muslins, contraband cottons, English powder, and tobacco on which the excise had forgotten to put its mark.
2 There they had a bit of a skirmish in getting rid of the duties; the excise was, in truth, the everlasting enemy of the patron of The Young Amelia.
3 They talked about the excise duty; about business in the senate, about salaries, about promotions, about His Excellency, and the best means of pleasing him, and so on.
Example Sentence:
1 When you excise the dead and dying limbs of a tree, you not only improve its appearance but also enhance its chances of bearing fruit.