discerp

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɜː(ɹ)p/

Verb

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 […]

Anagrams

• crisped, percids