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amercer | amerced |

As a noun amercer

is one who amerces.

As a verb amerced is

(amerce).

amercer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who amerces.
    • (Webster 1913)

    amerced

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (amerce)

    • Anagrams

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    amerce

    English

    Alternative forms

    * amercy

    Verb

    (amerc)
  • To impose a fine on; to fine.
  • * 1597 , William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act III, Scene I:
    • But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine
    That you shall all repent the loss of mine:
  • * 1803 , David Hume, The History of England , Volume 9, J. Wallis (1803), page 10:
    • The person, in whose house the conventicle met, was amerced a like sum.
  • * 2002 , Christopher Dyer, Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520 , Yale University Press (2002), ISBN 0300090609, page 180:
    • Lords responded to these offences by amercing (fining) them in the manor court, the revenues of which could provide a twentieth, or even a higher proportion of estate income.
  • To punish; to make an exaction.
  • * 1667 , John Milton, Paradise Lost , Book I, ll. 607-10:
    • The fellows of his crime, the followers rather
    (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemn'd
    For ever now to have their lot in pain,
    Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc't
  • * 1821 , Byron, Cain , Act III, Scene I:
    • Thou know'st thou art naked! Must the time
    Come thou shalt be amerced for sins unknown,

    Derived terms

    * amercement

    Related terms

    * mercy

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