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discerptible, a.|dɪˈsɜːptɪb(ə)l|
[f. L. discerpt- ppl. stem of discerp-ĕre: see -ble.]
Capable of being plucked asunder, or divided into parts or pieces; divisible.
1736Butler Anal. i. i. 16 Upon supposition that they are compounded and so discerptible. 1837J. McCulloch Attributes of God (1843) III. 514 Not only extensible but discerptible. 1867Contemp. Rev. V. 226 The soul is discerptible, and perishes with the body.
Hence discerptiˈbility, divisibility; diˈscerptibleness (Ash, 1775).
1755Johnson, Discerptibility, liableness to be destroyed by disunion of parts. 1837McCulloch Attributes of God (1843) II. 466 Without any apparent regard to hardness, rigidity, weight, toughness, flexibility, softness, discerptibility. 1867Contemp. Rev. V. 228 The attempt is made to prove the perishable quality of the soul by its discerptibility. |