Lewis & Short

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discerptĭo, ōnis, f. [discerpo], a tearing in pieces, rending: discerptiones eorum, Vulg. 4 Esdr. 12, 32: juris humani, Liv. 41, 24, 10 Madvig. (al. dissertio).