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discerping

discerping is the present participle and gerund of discerp.

Meaning of discerp

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

Questions about discerping

What is discerping the present participle and gerund of?
Discerping is the present participle and gerund of discerp.

Words near discerping in the dictionary

  1. discerns
  2. discerp
  3. discerped
  4. discerpibility
  5. discerpible
  6. discerping
  7. discerps
  8. discerptibility
  9. discerptible
  10. discerptibleness
  11. discerption

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