apieces

English

Alternative forms

a-pieces, a pieces

Etymology

From a- +‎ pieces.

Adverb

apieces (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Into pieces; asunder.
   • 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:

     being torn apieces

Translations

into pieces

• Portuguese: em pedaços

References

• “apieces”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.