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pierce

Main Entry:: pierce
Pronunciation:: \ˈpirs\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: pierced; pierc·ing
Etymology:: Middle English percen, from Anglo-French percer, from Vulgar Latin *pertusiare, from Latin pertusus, past participle of pertundere to perforate, from per- through + tundere to beat — more at per-, contusion
Date:: 14th century

transitive verb1 a: to run into or through as a pointed weapon does : stab b: to enter or thrust into sharply or painfully2: to make a hole through : perforate3: to force or make a way into or through4: to penetrate with the eye or mind : discern5: to penetrate so as to move or touch the emotions ofintransitive verb: to force a way into or through something

synonyms see enter

— pierc·er noun

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