impierce

verb

impierce

verb

Etymology From im- + pierce. Compare empierce.

1

Obsolete To pierce; to penetrate.

  • Or humane harts more inlye to impearce1612, Arthur Gorges, The Olympian Catastrophe:
  • The brinish teares drop’d downe, on mine impearced breast,1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 22 p. 28:

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