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Amerce

//əˈmɝs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To impose a fine on; to fine. transitive

    "But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine That you shall all repent the loss of mine:"

  2. 2
    punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court wordnet
  3. 3
    To punish; to make an exaction. transitive

    "The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain, Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc't"

  4. 4
    punish with an arbitrary penalty wordnet

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman amercier, from Old French a (“at”) + merci (“mercy”), thus “at the mercy of”.

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