About The Word Amerce
Learn about the word Amerce to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Amerce definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Amerce
| Amerce Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Amerce?
[v] punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court
[v] punish with an arbitrary penalty Synonyms | Synonyms for Amerce: Related Terms | Find terms related to Amerce: See Also | fine | penalise | penalize | punish | ticket Amerce In Webster's Dictionary \A*merce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amerced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Amercing}.] [OF. amercier, fr. a merci at the mercy of,
liable to a punishment. See {Mercy}.]
1. 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.
Note: The penalty of fine may be expressed without a
preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or
of.
2. To punish, in general; to mulct.
Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven.
--Milton.
Shall by him be amerced with penance due. --Spenser.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Untactful ‐ lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate…
- Three-fourths ‐ three of four equal parts; "three-fourths…
- Triclinic ‐ (crystallography) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting…
- Hydrolith ‐ a salt-like binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and…
- Whip snake ‐ any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike…
- Good(p) ‐ feeling healthy and free of aches and pains; "I…
- Tic ‐ a local and habitual twitching especially…
- Field line ‐ an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line…
- Impale ‐ pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"…
- Charles louis de secondat ‐ French political philosopher who advocated the separation of…