interpierce

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verb

To pierce each other.

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Meanings

verbinterpierce (third-person singular simple present interpierces, present participle interpiercing, simple past and past participle interpierced)

present singular third person interpierces · participle present interpiercing · participle past interpierced · past interpierced

  1. To pierce each other.

    Now Pierre began to see mysteries interpierced with mysteries, and mysteries eluding mysteries; and began to seem to see the mere imaginariness of the so supposed solidest principle of human association.

    1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Origin

From inter- + pierce.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

perienteric
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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