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dehisce
deáhisce
Pronunciation: di-'his
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected
forms: deáhisced; deáhiscáing
Etymology: Latin dehiscere
to split open, from de- + hiscere to gape; akin to Latin hiare to
yawn -- more at YAWN
1: to split along a natural line; also : to discharge
contents by so splitting
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