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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
amerce \amerce"\ .am~ers", v. t. imp. p. p. amerced
.am~erst"; 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 court amerced the criminal in the sum of one
hundred dollars.
1913 webster
note: the penalty or fine may be expressed without a
preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or
of.
1913 webster
2. to punish, in general; to mulct.
1913 webster
millions of spirits for his fault amerced
of heaven. --milton.
1913 webster
shall by him be amerced with penance due. --spenser.
1913 webster
see also:
amerced amercing mercy
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
amerce
v 1: punish with an arbitrary penalty
2: punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of
the court
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