Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Incídere, v. a. (pass. inci-si, -se, -sero, part. -so,)
1. to incide, cut, make an incision, gash;2. (fig.) to cross, thwart, traverse. V. attraversare, recidere; 3. to grave, engrave. V. intagliare, scolpire; 4. to digress, make a digression, go from the subject.
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incidere: to cut into, to make an incision, to gash, to slit, to lance. Also to make a digression in speach.