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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Discerp

Discerp \Dis*cerp"\, v. t. [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck.]

  1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.]
    --Stukeley.

  2. To separate; to disunite. [R.]
    --Bp. Hurd.

Wiktionary
discerp

vb. 1 To tear into pieces; to rend. 2 To separate; to disunite.

WordNet
discerp

  1. v. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war" [syn: dismember, take apart]

  2. cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" [syn: sever, lop]