Empierce

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To pierce through. archaic

    "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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biteborebroachdrillfixgore

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"The weapon bright / Taking aduantage of his open iaw, / Ran through his mouth with so importune might, / That deepe emperst his darksome hollow maw [...]."

Etymology

From em- + pierce.

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