discerp
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin discerpere, discerptum, from dis- + carpere (“to pluck”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]discerp (third-person singular simple present discerps, present participle discerping, simple past and past participle discerped)
- To tear into pieces; to rend.
- 1743, William Stukeley, Abury: A Temple of the British Druids:
- They would therefore ſay, that tho' these two, the father and the son, are different divine personalities, yet they cannot be called two Gods, or two godheads; for this would be discerping the deity or godhead , which is equally absurd
- To separate; to disunite.
- 1738, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses:
- […] to reascend the place from whence they came, and rejoin that Substance from whence they were discerped […]