discerp

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈsɜː(ɹ)p/

Definition of discerp

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

To tear into pieces; to rend.

“They would therefore ſay, that tho' these two, the father and the son, are different divine personalities, yet they cannot be called two Gods, or two godheads; for this would be discerping the deity or godhead , which is equally absurd”

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verb

To tear into pieces; to rend.

“They would therefore ſay, that tho' these two, the father and the son, are different divine personalities, yet they cannot be called two Gods, or two godheads; for this would be discerping the deity or godhead , which is equally absurd”
To separate; to disunite.

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

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From Latin discerpō, from dis- + carpō (“to pluck”).

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