de•hisce
alto flute and flute
choir (2004)
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PROGRAM NOTES
de·hisce
Pronunciation: di-'his
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): de·hisced; de·hisc·ing
Etymology: Latin dehiscere to split open, from de- +
hiscere to gape; akin to Latin hiare to yawn
: to split along a natural line; also : to discharge
contents by so splitting