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Definition of Transpierced
1. transpierce [v] - See also: transpierce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transpierced
Literary usage of Transpierced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"And from the strings the arrows sprang ; and thick The javelins pour'd, and some
transpierced the flesh Of blooming warriors slain ; but in mid space, ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"... That heart transpierced with many a wound ; But round my heart the ties are
bound, These bleed afresh, those ties I tear, £. ..."
3. Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations (English) by Helena Swan (1904)
"Fancy with fact is just one fact the more ; To-wit, that fancy has informed,
transpierced, ... transpierced ..."
4. The Evolution of Matter. by Gustave Le Bon (1909)
"If the effect be produced through the object, we shall say the body has been
transpierced. Nothing is more simple in appearance, and nothing more erroneous ..."
5. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Crest, a human leg, transpierced, as in the arms. BOWES, THOMAS LYON, Earl of
STRATHMORE and KINGHORN, Viscount Lyon, and Baron Glamis, ..."
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