discerptiveadj.
/dᵻˈsəːptɪv/, U.S. /dᵻˈsərptɪv/ Now rare.
That pulls to pieces; having the quality of dividing or separating.
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1845 M. Stuart Crit. Hist. & Def. Old Test. Canon §3 52 But if we inquire of some other critics, even of the Liberal School, about the matter of style and tone in the Pentateuch, on which all the discerptive process depends, they give us a very different account of the matter.
1856 N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 1/2 The works of the very best writers (if voluminous) have undergone the same discerptive process.
1988 Dictionaries 10 150 It is a long book and not an easy one to read until one understands and learns to appreciate the author's individual style with its discerptive analyticity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1845- line-camp
- line-cast
- line-caster
- line-casting
- line-caught
- line-cod
- line-conch
- line-coordinate
- line-draper
- line-drawn
- line-dresser
- line-drive
- line-ending
- line-engine
- line-engraved
- line-engraver
- line-fence
- line-filling
- line-finch
- line-finishing
- line-firing
- line-fisherman
- line-fishing
- line-gout
- line-guard