merce
English
Etymology
See amerce.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɜː(ɹ)s/
Verb
merce (third-person singular simple present merces, present participle mercing, simple past and past participle merced)
- (obsolete) To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.
- a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
- this Ralph was merced in seven thousand marks, for bribery, and ejected out of his place.
References
- “merce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛr.t͡ʃe/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrtʃe
- Hyphenation: mèr‧ce
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʁ.si/ [ˈmɛh.si]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾ.si/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʁ.si/ [ˈmɛχ.si]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɻ.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾ.sɨ/
- Hyphenation: mer‧ce
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