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amerced

Variant of amerce

transitive verb amerced, amercing

to punish by imposing an arbitrarily determined fine
to punish generally

Origin: ME amercen < Anglo-Fr amercier < OFr a merci, at the mercy of

Related Forms:

amercement noun

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