† decerptionn.
Etymology: noun of action < Latin dēcerpĕre, dēcerpt-: see decerpt v. and -ion suffix1.
Obsolete.
rare.
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > plucked off
1662 J. Glanvill iii. 32 If our souls are but particles and decerptions of our parents.
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