impierce

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verb

To pierce; to penetrate.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person impierces · participle present impiercing · participle past impierced · past impierced · alternative impearce

  1. obsoleteTo pierce; to penetrate.

    Or humane harts more inlye to impearce

    1612, Arthur Gorges, The Olympian Catastrophe
    1 more example

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

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

Origin

From im- + pierce. Compare empierce.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

epimeric
Cite this entry
APA

impierce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impierce

MLA

“impierce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impierce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impierce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impierce.

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