Meaning of discerp in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /dɪˈsəːp/

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  1. Verb

    discerp

    Etymology

    late 15th century; earliest use found in Adam of Eynsham's Reuelation. From classical Latin discerpere to tear to pieces, to tear (a person or his or her character) to shreds, to cut or divide off from dis- + carpere to pick, pluck

    Definitions

    1. divide into pieces

    Examples

    • « our department was dismembered when our funding dried up »
    • « The Empire was discerped after the war »
  2. 2. cut off from a whole

    Examples

    • « His head was severed from his body »
    • « The soul discerped from the body »

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