Ex*cise", v. t. [See Excide.] To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.
Ex*cise"man (?), n.; pl. Excisemen (&?;). An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. Macaulay.
Ex*ci"sion (?), n. [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See Excide.] 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.
Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision.
Atterbury.