| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Divide into pieces; "The Empire was discerped after the war".[Wordnet]
2. Cut off from a whole; "The soul discerped from the body".[Wordnet] 3. To tear in pieces; to rend.[Websters] 4. To separate; to disunite.[Websters] 5. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: discerping, discerped, discerps, discerper, discerpers, discerpingly and discerpedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DISCERP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Discerp \Dis*cerp"\, transitive verb. [Latin expression discerpere, discerptum; dis- carpere to pluck.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISCERP
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To tear in pieces; to separate. [Not used.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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