amerce

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

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  • IPA: /əˈmɜːs/

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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"

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