EXCISE in a Sentence

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For EXCISE, below is one of 4 sentences:
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.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
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.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
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.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: II
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.