amerce

Meaning of amerce

verb
  1. punish with a fine.
    the defendant shall be amerced for his trespass

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French amercier ‘to assess, to fine’, based on estre en la merci ‘be at the mercy of another (as to the amount of a fine)’.

Information about amerce

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of amerce is: amerces.
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Hyphenation of amerce

amerce

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • amerce is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of amerce

raceme

Words that rhyme with amerce

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