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transpierce

verb

Etymology

From trans- + pierce.

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

Definitions

  1. To pierce through

    To pierce through; to pass through.

    • Now, while the angry trumpet sounds alarms, / And dying groans transpierce the wounded air […]
    • Giue her th' Eoan brightnesse, / Wing'd with that subtill lightnesse, / That doth trans-pierce the Ayre; […]

The neighborhood

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