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discerp

/dɪˈsɜː(ɹ)p/

discerp verb: to tear into pieces; to rend.

Verb

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

  1. To tear into pieces; to rend.
    • 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 absurd1743, William Stukeley, Abury: A Temple of the British Druids
  2. To separate; to disunite.
    • […] to reascend the place from whence they came, and rejoin that Substance from whence they were discerped […]1738, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses

Forms of discerp

third-person singular presentdiscerps
present participlediscerping
past participlediscerped
pastdiscerped

Origin of discerp

From Latin discerpō, from dis- + carpō (“to pluck”).

Words formed from discerp

Questions about discerp

What does discerp mean?
Discerp means to tear into pieces; to rend.
What part of speech is discerp?
Discerp is a verb.
How do you pronounce discerp?
Discerp is pronounced /dɪˈsɜː(ɹ)p/.
What is the past tense of discerp?
The past tense of discerp is discerped.

Words near discerp in the dictionary

  1. discerningness
  2. discernings
  3. discernment
  4. discernments
  5. discerns
  6. discerp
  7. discerped
  8. discerpibility
  9. discerpible
  10. discerping
  11. discerps

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