merce

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/ˈmɜː(ɹ)s/

verb

To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.

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Meanings

verbmerce (third-person singular simple present merces, present participle mercing, simple past and past participle merced)

present singular third person merces · participle present mercing · participle past merced · past merced

  1. obsoleteTo subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.

    this Ralph was merced in seven thousand marks, for bribery, and ejected out of his place.

    a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Origin

See amerce.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

McReeCerme
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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