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Amerce
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AMERCE, amers'. A verb formed from a for on or at, from L. merces, reward.
1. To inflict a penalty at mercy to punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion or mercy of the court as, the court amerced the criminal in the sum of one hundred dollars.
2. To inflict a pecuniary penalty to punish in general. Milton uses of after amerce "Millions of spirits amerced of heaven " but this use seems to be a poetic license.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Amerce'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​a/amerce.html.
Entry for 'Amerce'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​a/amerce.html.