discerp

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Etymology

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

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

  1. 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
  2. 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 []

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