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Webster 1913 Edition

Discerp

Dis-cerp′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
discerpere
,
discerptum
;
dis-
+
carpere
to pluck.]
1.
To tear in pieces; to rend.
[R.]
Stukeley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Discerp

DISCERP

,
Verb.
T.
[L.] To tear in pieces; to separate. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

discerp

discerp

English

Verb

discerp ‎(third-person singular simple present discerps, present participle discerping, simple past and past participle discerped)

  1. To tear into pieces; to rend.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Stukeley to this entry?).
  2. To separate; to disunite.
    • Bishop Richard Hurd
      […] to reascend the place from whence they came, and rejoin that Substance from whence they were discerped […]

Etymology

From Latin discerpere, discerptum, from dis- + carpere ‎(“to pluck”).

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