impierce

English

Alternative forms

• impearce

Etymology

From im- +‎ pierce. Compare empierce.

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To pierce; to penetrate.
   • 1612, Arthur Gorges, The Olympian Catastrophe‎:

     Or humane harts more inlye to impearce

   • 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 22 p. 28:

     The brinish teares drop’d downe, on mine impearced breast,

References

• “impierce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• epimeric