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Definition of Empierce
1. v. t. To pierce; to impierce.
Definition of Empierce
1. Verb. (rare) To pierce through. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Empierce
1. to pierce [v EMPIERCED, EMPIERCING, EMPIERCES] - See also: pierce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Empierce
Literary usage of Empierce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"Spenser, in his turn, was full of admiration of Ralegh's work and wrote: Full
sweetly tempered is that Muse of his That can empierce a ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... is that Muse of his, That can empierce a Princes mightie hart. —SPENSER,
EDMUND, 1595, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, Spenser's Works, ed. Collier, vol. ..."
3. The Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh: Collected and Authenticated, with Those of by Walter Raleigh, Henry Wotton (1892)
"... That spends his wit in love's consuming smart; Full sweetly tempered is that
Muse of his, That can empierce a prince's mighty heart. ..."
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