empierce en · VERB
Etymology
From em- + pierce.
Meanings
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(archaic) To pierce through.
The weapon bright / Taking aduantage of his open iaw, / Ran through his mouth with so importune might, / That deepe emperst his darksome hollow maw [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| empiercing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| empierces | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| empierced | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| empierced | Tense=Past | lexicographic |