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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   excise
       n 1: a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not
            on property or income from real estate) [syn: excise,
            excise tax]
       v 1: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a
            line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch
            that remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge,
            excise]
       2: levy an excise tax on
       3: remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"