Discerp \Dis*cerp"\, v. t. [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- +
carpere to pluck.]
1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] --Stukeley.
[1913 Webster]
2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] --Bp. Hurd. Discerpibility
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
discerp
v 1: divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our
funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the
war" [syn: dismember, take apart]
2: cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body";
"The soul discerped from the body" [syn: sever, lop]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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