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单词 empierce
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empiercev.

Brit. /ɪmˈpɪəs/, /ɛmˈpɪəs/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɪ(ə)rs/, /ɛmˈpɪ(ə)rs/
Forms:

α. late Middle English–1500s emperce, 1500s empeirce, 1500s emperst (past tense), 1500s empierse, 1500s empierst (past tense and past participle), 1500s enpearce, 1500s– empierce.

β. 1500s imperse, 1500s impierst (past participle), 1600s impearce, 1600s– impierce.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: em- prefix, pierce v.
Etymology: < em- prefix + pierce v.On the variation between initial em- and en- in the α. forms see discussion at em- prefix. With the β. forms compare im- prefix1.
Now archaic.
1. transitive. To pierce through. Frequently figurative or in figurative context.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed
shearOE
sting993
stickOE
spita1225
wound?c1225
stitchc1230
pitcha1275
threstc1275
forprick1297
steekc1300
piercec1325
rivec1330
dag?a1400
jag?a1400
lancec1400
pickc1400
tamec1400
forpierce1413
punch1440
launch1460
thringc1485
empiercec1487
to-pierce1488
joba1500
ding1529
stob?1530
probe1542
enthrill1563
inthirlc1580
cloy1590
burt1597
pink1597
lancinate1603
perterebrate1623
puncture1675
spike1687
skiver1832
bepierce1840
gimlet1841
prong1848
javelin1859
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 371 Whiche lyon was bruted an huge myghty beest..that neuer myght be outrayed ne brought to discomfyture, nor that myght be empercyd, brusyd, ne wounded eyther [L. neque ferro neque aere neque lapide vulnerari posset].
1578 T. Proctor Gorgious Gallery sig. Oiiv Sweete pendant, now in wofull brest Impersid.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 63 To arte-enamel your speech to empeirce..soules.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 19 I am too sore enpearced with his shaft, To sore with his light feathers. View more context for this quotation
1621 F. Quarles Hadassa §10 Like painted swords They near impierc'd Queen Esthers tender heart.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. Dv The vast thumps of massie hammers noise..Empierc'd mine ears.
1751 G. West Education 24 [His] tender Breast Empierced deep with sympathizing Teen.
1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine II. xvi. 55 Returning, impierced with mickle dolour, from his funeral, I was stopped on a common.
1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 89 The horrible thorns empierced the bone.
1908 L. W. Allen Parable of Rose 29 I felt God's eye Impiercing Beauty's wide apocalypse.
2008 G. B. Pegg Most Holy War x This long scythe of ancient and medieval masonry was empierced with two lesser gates, the Montgaillard and Montoulieu.
2. intransitive in same sense. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > become or make perforated [verb (intransitive)] > make (a) hole(s) > with something sharp > as a sharp instrument
biteOE
rivec1275
piercea1325
thringc1330
soundc1374
thirlc1374
lancec1400
racea1420
entail1590
empierce1797
stab1897
1797 Parnassian Garland 124 And pity's cordial strings, impiercing, reach.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. xiii. 57 Through the orbs of all, A thread of wire, impiercing, knits them up.

Derivatives

emˈpierced adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated > with a sharp-pointed instrument
pierceda1400
burled1451
thorough-thrilled1496
sticked1565
through-launched1590
empierced1591
through-shot1596
launched1601
thrilleda1618
darted1622
broached1633
punctured1672
stabbed1862
1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda sig. A3 Even sad Alcyon, whose empierced breast Sharpe sorrowe did in thousand pieces riue.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xiii. xlv. 241 O, let our fleshly Barks still ride At Anchor in calm Streams of His empierced Side.
1996 C. Knights in M. P. Pearson & C. Richards Archit. & Order vi. 133 The Pompeian house, then, is just such a perforated vessel. It is..a coming together of empierced layerings and interstitial domains inhabited by gods and humans.
emˈpiercing adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [adjective] > piercing
bearingOE
stickinga1250
thirlingc1380
piercinga1400
lancentc1400
prunyeand1533
broaching1566
empiercing1604
pouncing1798
cleaving1819
intrenchant1833
probing1868
1604 M. Drayton Moyses i. 27 He feeds those secret and impiercing flames.
1870 R. R. Coverdale Poems (new ed.) 29 The keen impiercing orbs of Truth,..Shed o'er the spirit heavenly balm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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