discerp

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discerp

  • /dɪˈsɜː(ɹ)p/

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

verb discerps · discerping · discerped

  1. 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
  2. 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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