"decerption" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈsɜːpʃən/ [UK] Forms: decerptions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} decerption (plural decerptions)
  1. The act of plucking off, cutting off, or extraction
    Sense id: en-decerption-en-noun-DL3hNZHW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 50 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 49 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 48 12
  2. Something plucked off or torn off
    Sense id: en-decerption-en-noun-~9jzNfdz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 50 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 49 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 48 12
  3. a fragment, a piece.
    Sense id: en-decerption-en-noun-3PrxnsLJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 50 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 49 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 48 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: decerp

Inflected forms

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        "The act of plucking off, cutting off, or extraction"
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          "ref": "1662, Joseph Glanvill, Lux Orientalis:",
          "text": "if our souls are but particles and decerptions of our parents, then I must have been guilty of all the ſins that ever were committed by my Progenitors ever since Adam",
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