AMERCE
\ˈamɜːs], \ˈamɜːs], \ˈa_m_ɜː_s]\
Definitions of AMERCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.
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To punish, in general; to mulct.
By Oddity Software
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To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.
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To punish, in general; to mulct.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To mulct; fine.
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Amercement.
By James Champlin Fernald
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