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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCERPTION

n.The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISCERPTION

Dis *cerp "tion, n. Etym: [L. discerptio.]

 

Defn: The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp. Hall.

 

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 ’.