Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DISCERP
v.t.[L.] To tear in pieces; to separate. [Not used. ]
DISCERPIBILITY
n.Capability or liableness to be torn asunder or disunited.
DISCERPIBLE
a.[L., to seize, to tear. In some dictionaries it is written discerptible, on the authority of Glanville and More; and error indeed, but of little consequence, as the word is rarely or never used. ] That may be torn asunder; separable; capable of being disunited by violence.
DISCERPTION
n.The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DISCERP
Dis *cerp ", v. t. Etym: [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck. ]
1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] Stukeley.
2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] Bp. Hurd.
DISCERPIBILITY; DISCERPTIBILITY
DISCERPIBILITY; DISCERPTIBILITY Dis *cerp `i *bil "i *ty, Dis *cerp `ti *bil "i *ty, n.
Defn: Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] Wollaston.
DISCERPIBLE; DISCERPTIBLE
Dis *cerp "i *ble, Dis *cerp "ti *ble, a. Etym: [See Discerp. ]
Defn: Capable of being discerped. [R.]
DISCERPTION
Dis *cerp "tion, n. Etym: [L. discerptio.]
Defn: The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp. Hall.
DISCERPTIVE
DISCERPTIVE Dis *cerp "tive, a.
Defn: Tending to separate or disunite parts. Encys. Dict.
New American Oxford Dictionary
discerption
dis cerp tion |diˈsərpSHən dəˈsərpʃən | ▶noun archaic the action of pulling something apart. • a piece severed from something. DERIVATIVES dis cerp ti bil i ty |-ˌsərptəˈbilitē |noun, dis cerp ti ble |-təbəl |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin discerptio (n- ), from Latin discerpere ‘pluck to pieces. ’
Oxford Dictionary
discerption
discerption |dɪˈsəːpʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic the action of pulling something apart. • [ count noun ] a piece severed from something. DERIVATIVES discerptibility noun, discerptible adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin discerptio (n- ), from Latin discerpere ‘pluck to pieces ’.
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