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interpierce

verb

Etymology

From inter- + pierce.

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

Definitions

  1. To pierce each other.

    • Now Pierre began to see mysteries interpierced with mysteries, and mysteries eluding mysteries; and began to seem to see the mere imaginariness of the so supposed solidest principle of human association.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for interpierce. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA