decerpt

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin decerptus, past participle of decerpere.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɜːpt/

Adjective edit

decerpt (not comparable)

(obsolete) Plucked off or away.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “decerpt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)