impierce
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From im- + pierce. Compare empierce.
Verb
impierce (third-person singular simple present impierces, present participle impiercing, simple past and past participle impierced)
- (obsolete) To pierce; to penetrate.
- 1612, Arthur Gorges, The Olympian Catastrophe[1]:
- Or humane harts more inlye to impearce
- 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 22 p. 28:
- The brinish teares drop’d downe, on mine impearced breast,
References
- “impierce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.