amerced

Variant of amerce

amerce definition

amerce (ə mʉrs′)

transitive verb amerced amerced′, amercing amerc′·ing

  1. to punish by imposing an arbitrarily determined fine
  2. to punish generally

Etymology: ME amercen < Anglo-Fr amercier < OFr a merci, at the mercy of

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