enpierce

English

Etymology

See empierce.

Verb

enpierce (third-person singular simple present enpierces, present participle enpiercing, simple past and past participle enpierced)

1. (obsolete) To pierce.
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

     I am too sore enpierced with his shaft.

References

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

Anagrams

• piecener