Third-person singular form of 'abscise'; cuts off or separates in a natural or deliberate way.
From 'abscise' conjugated in present tense, maintaining the Latin root 'abscis-' with English verbal endings.
The verb form 'abscises' is almost never heard in speech—it's exclusively technical botanical terminology, showing how certain Latin verbs hide in academic vocabularies unknown to most speakers.
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