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Webster 1913 Edition


Transpierce

Trans-pierce′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transpierced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Transpiercing
.]
[Pref.
trans-
+
pierce
: cf. F.
transpercer
.]
To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.
The sides
transpierced
return a rattling sound.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Transpierce

TRANSPIERCE

,
Verb.
T.
transpers'. To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.
His forceful spear the sides transpierc'd.

Definition 2024


transpierce

transpierce

English

Verb

transpierce (third-person singular simple present transpierces, present participle transpiercing, simple past and past participle transpierced)

  1. (transitive) To pierce through; to pass through.
    Now, while the angry trumpet sounds alarms,
    And dying groans transpierce the wounded air...William Shakespeare, "King Richard III", 1602.

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