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empierce

verb

Etymology

From em- + pierce.

  1. derived from pertūsus
  2. derived from *pertūsiō✻
  3. derived from percier
  4. inherited from perce
  5. prefixed as empierce — “en + pierce”

Definitions

  1. 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 [...].

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