discerp

English

Etymology

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

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 […]

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