amercing
Meaning of amercing
- punish with a fine.
the defendant shall be amerced for his trespass
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French amercier ‘to assess, to fine’, based on estre en la merci ‘be at the mercy of another (as to the amount of a fine)’.
Information about amercing
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of amercing
amerc-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- amercing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of amercing
Words that rhyme with amercing
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