| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb amerce.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (amerce) | 1. Punish with an arbitrary penalty.[Wordnet]. 2. Punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court.[Wordnet]. 3. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.[Websters]. 4. To punish, in general; to mulct.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: amercing, amerced, amerces, amercer, amercers, amercingly and amercedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "AMERCING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: amerce
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] amers'.. | 2: [Verb] To inflict a penalty at mercy; to punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion or mercy of the court; as, the court amerced the criminal in the sum of one hundred dollars.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (transitive) To impose a fine on; to fine. But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine, that you shall all repent the loss of mine - Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet" 1806: The person, in whose house the conventicle met, was amerced a like sum. — Hume, History of England. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To punish, to make an exaction. 1667: condemn'd / For ever now to have thir lot in pain, / Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc't / Of Heav'n — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 607-10 Thou shalt be amerced for sins unknown. - Byron, "Cain" (references) | |
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