incide

verb /ɪnˈsaɪd/

1. To separate and remove (something); to cut.

   obsolete, transitive

2. To resolve or break up (something), as by medicines.

   obsolete, transitive

   [S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c.

Where it comes from

From Latin incīdere; prefix in- (“in”) + caedere (“to cut”). See concise, and compare incise.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry incide (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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