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单词 discerption
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discerptionn.

Brit. /dᵻˈsəːpʃn/, U.S. /dᵻˈsərpʃən/
Forms: 1600s–1700s discerpsion, 1600s– discerption.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin discerption-, discerptio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin discerption-, discerptio action of tearing to pieces (Vulgate) < classical Latin discerpt- , past participial stem of discerpere discerp v. + -iō -ion suffix1.
1.
a. The action of pulling apart or tearing to pieces; division into parts or fragments; an instance of this. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [noun]
tatteringc1380
rendinga1398
rifta1400
rentingc1405
ripping1463
direption1483
outriving1488
dilaceration1545
raving1553
dilaniation1569
divulsion1603
discission1628
discerption1645
tear1666
rent1753
shredding1954
1645 Bp. J. Hall Peace-maker i. 5 Hence are Churches, Congregations, Families, persons, torne asunder..so as the whole Earth is strewed over with the wofull Monuments of our discerptions.
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 311 The discerption of the Roman Empire into many Kingdoms.
1741 H. Coventry Lett. Philemon to Hydaspes iv. 133 The discerpsion of Osiris's body into fourteen parts by his relentless adversary.
1869 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi ix. 373 Heracles suffers a strange discerption of individuality; for his eidolon or shade moves and speaks here, while ‘he himself is at the banquet of the immortals’.
1871 J. S. Le Fanu Rose & Key II. iii. 25 Miss Tintern..is cruelly plucking a white rose, petal by petal, asunder... ‘Miss Medwyn thinks differently,’ said Miss Tintern, with gentle diligence continuing the process of discerption.
1930 Classical Q. 24 79 An argument directed against the discerption of ideas, not against the division of particulars.
1989 Independent (Nexis) 7 Jan. 13 Whatever the Orthodox case might be for the ordination of women,..how would we proceed to verify this in such a way..to bear the full authority of the church and thus avoid discerption and schism?
1992 Zeitschr. f. Papyrologie u. Epigraphik 90 58 In Zosimus the discerption of the priest is beneficial.
b. The action of tearing off or separating a part from a whole; severance; an instance of this. Frequently with from. Also in extended use. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > removal or taking away > violently or tearing off
avulsion1622
discerption1699
stripping1853
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > plucked off
pecking1600
decerption1662
discerption1699
1699 R. Burthogge Of Soul of World in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) II. 242 Even the Propagation of Light is by Discerption; some Effluvia or Emanations of the enlightening Candle passing into that which is lightened.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 65 The discerption of souls from thence [i.e. the mundane soul] to inhabit human bodies.
1786 J. Gillies Hist. Anc. Greece (new ed.) III. xl. 529 Amidst the painful discerption of his frail members, he maintained and fortified the integrity of that part of his nature which properly constitutes the man.
1863 P. Fairbairn tr. I. A. Dorner Hist. Devel. Doctr. Person Christ 2nd Division III. 132 It is..the being of the world to have only a moment of being; and then to abolish this separation, this discerption from God, to return to its source.
1868 D. G. Brinton Myths of New World v. 147 Certain of the Aztec priests practised complete abscission or entire discerption of the virile parts.
2003 Afr. News (Nexis) 17 Aug. It's well-known that the Revolutionary United Front..was noted for its discerption of the limbs of both real and imagined sympathisers of the Tejan Kabbah administration.
2. concrete. A portion that has been torn off or separated; a fragment. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment
shreddingc950
brucheOE
shredc1000
brokec1160
truncheonc1330
scartha1340
screedc1350
bruisinga1382
morsel1381
shedc1400
stumpc1400
rag?a1425
brokalyc1440
brokeling1490
mammocka1529
brokelette1538
sheavec1558
shard1561
fragment1583
segment1586
brack1587
parcel1596
flaw1607
fraction1609
fracture1641
pash1651
frustillation1653
hoof1655
arrachement1656
jaga1658
shattering1658
discerption1685
scar1698
twitter1715
frust1765
smithereens1841
chitling1843
1685 S. Lowth Subj. Church Power iv. 334 And so it appears..that several discerptions and regions there were, which had not their proper Bishops.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 378 Supposing it could be proved, that [brutes]..are discerptions too from the general fund of spiritual substance.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 37 If he..does not..restore the dead body entire, he is compelled to repair the whole of whatever has been bitten and taken from it, with discerptions from his own face.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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