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perce

perce is the obsolete form of pierce.

Meaning of pierce

Verb

pierce (third-person singular simple present pierces, present participle piercing, simple past and past participle pierced)

  1. (transitive) To puncture; to break through.
    • The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.
    Synonyms:
    transfix
  2. (transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
    • Can you believe he pierced his tongue?
  3. (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
    • A dreadful scream pierced the silence.
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
    • to pierce a mystery
  5. (figuratively, transitive) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
    • A stab of fear pierced my heart.

See all 18 meanings of pierce

Proper noun capitalized: Perce

Perce

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Forms of perce

third-person singular presentperces
present participlepercing
past participleperced
pastperced

Origin of perce

A variant of Piers.

Phrases with perce

Questions about perce

What does perce mean?
Perce means a surname transferred from the given name.
What is perce the obsolete form of?
Perce is the obsolete form of pierce.
What part of speech is perce?
Perce is a proper noun.

Words near perce in the dictionary

  1. percarbureted
  2. percarburets
  3. percarburetted
  4. percarpial
  5. percase
  6. perce
  7. perceant
  8. perceave
  9. perceaved
  10. perceaves
  11. perceaving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perce (page history and authors); Perce (page history and authors); pierce (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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