Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Discerp \Dis*cerp"\, v. t. [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- +
   carpere to pluck.]
   1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] --Stukeley.

   2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] --Bp. Hurd.

Source : WordNet®

discerp
     v 1: divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our
          funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the
          war" [syn: {dismember}, {take apart}]
     2: cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body";
        "The soul discerped from the body" [syn: {sever}, {lop}]