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impierce

impierce verb: to pierce; to penetrate.

Verb

impierce (third-person singular simple present impierces, present participle impiercing, simple past and past participle impierced)

  1. (obsolete) To pierce; to penetrate.
    • Or humane harts more inlye to impearce1612, Arthur Gorges, The Olympian Catastrophe
    • The brinish teares drop’d downe, on mine impearced breast,1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 22 p. 28

Forms of impierce

third-person singular presentimpierces
present participleimpiercing
past participleimpierced
pastimpierced
alternative formimpearce

Origin of impierce

From im- + pierce. Compare empierce.

Questions about impierce

What does impierce mean?
Impierce means to pierce; to penetrate.
What part of speech is impierce?
Impierce is a verb.
What is the past tense of impierce?
The past tense of impierce is impierced.

Words near impierce in the dictionary

  1. Impiazzi
  2. impicture
  3. impictured
  4. impictures
  5. impicturing
  6. impierce
  7. impierceable
  8. impierced
  9. impierces
  10. impiercing
  11. impieties

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