▪ I. † diˈrupt, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. dīrupt-us, pa. pple. f. dīrumpĕre to burst or break asunder. See also disrupt.]
Rent asunder, burst open.
| 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 5 §2 The walles..by rage of the sea..be so dirupte, lacerate, and broken. |
▪ II. † diˈrupt, v. Obs. rare.
[f. L. dīrupt-, ppl. stem of dīrumpĕre.]
trans. To break asunder.
| 1548 Hall Chron., Edw. IV (1809) 341 Atropos..dirupted and brake the threde of his naturall life the 9th daie of Aprill. |