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amerce
[ uh-murs ]
verb (used with object)
amerced, amercing.
- to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- to punish by inflicting any discretionary or arbitrary penalty.
amerce
/ əˈɜː /
verb
- law to punish by a fine
- to punish with any arbitrary penalty
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
- ˈ, noun
- ˈԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·mԳ noun
- ·İ noun
- un·a· adjective
- ܲa· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of amerce1
C14: from Anglo-French amercier, from Old French à merci at the mercy (because the fine was arbitrarily fixed); see mercy
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Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven.
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He was prosecuted, convicted, amerced in a fine, and imprisoned three months in York Castle.
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We present Nicholas Barber for smoking in the street, and do amerce him one shilling.”
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It occurs, as every one knows, in the clause of the Great Charter, which says that the villain who falls into the king's mercy is to be amerced 'saving his waynage.'
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The words achieve, agree, amerce, amount, acquit, acquaint, avow, &c. show the same prefix, derived through the medium of Old French.
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