discerp

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin discerpere, discerptum, from dis- + carpere (“to pluck”).

Verb

discerp (third-person singular simple present discerps, present participle discerping, simple past and past participle discerped)

1. To tear into pieces; to rend.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Stukeley to this entry?).

2. To separate; to disunite.
   • Bishop Richard Hurd

     […] to reascend the place from whence they came, and rejoin that Substance from whence they were discerped […]

Anagrams

• crisped, percids