decerp

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verb

To pluck off, to pick out, extract or gather.

OriginLatin decerpere →
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Meanings

verbdecerp (third-person singular simple present decerps, present participle decerping, simple past decerped, past participle decerped or decerpt)

present singular third person decerps · participle present decerping · past decerped · participle past decerped · participle past decerpt

  1. obsoleteTo pluck off, to pick out, extract or gather.

Origin

  1. Latindecerpere
  2. Englishdecerp

From Latin decerpere, from de- + carpere (“to pluck”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

creped
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APA

decerp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decerp

MLA

“decerp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decerp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decerp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decerp.

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