Meaning

2 senses

  1. To tear into pieces; to rend.

    divide into pieces

  2. To separate; to disunite.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

discerps, discerping, discerped, discerped
Base formdiscerp · to discerp
3rd person singulardiscerps
Present participlediscerping
Past simplediscerped
Past participlediscerped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydiscerp
he, she, itdiscerps

Past simpleLesson

all personsdiscerped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave discerped
he, she, ithas discerped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill discerp

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relateddiscerption
Deriveddiscerpiblediscerptivediscerptor

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
discardC1discerndiscernmentdischargeB2discipleB2
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