amerce

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Alternative spellings 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

from Anglo-French amercier, from French à + merci (at the mercy of), from Latin mercedem (‘remuneration, favour, mercy’).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈmɜːs/

[edit] Alternative spellings

• amercy

[edit] Verb

to amerce (third-person singular simple present amerces, present participle amercing, simple past and past participle amerced)

1. (transitive) To impose a fine on; to fine.
   • But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine, that you shall all repent the loss of mine - Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"
   • 1806: The person, in whose house the conventicle met, was amerced a like sum. — Hume, History of England
2. (transitive) To punish, to make an exaction.
   • 1667: condemn'd / For ever now to have thir lot in pain, / Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc't / Of Heav'n — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 607-10
   • Thou shalt be amerced for sins unknown. - Byron, "Cain"

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: глобявам

[edit] Derived terms

• amercement

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aceemr
• raceme