Definition for DIS-CERP'I-BLE

DIS-CERP'I-BLE, a. [L. discerpo; dis and carpo, to seize, to tear. In some dictionaries it is written discerptible, on the authority of Glanville and More; an error indeed, but of little consequence, as the word is rarely or never used.]

That may be torn asunder; separable; capable of being disunited by violence.

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