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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amerce \A*merce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amerced}; p. pr & vb n. {Amercing}.] [OF. amercier fr a merci at the mercy of liable to a punishment. See {Mercy}.] 1. 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. Note: The penalty of fine may be expressed without a preposition, or it may be introduced by in with or of 2. To punish, in general; to mulct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. --Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amerce v 1: punish with an arbitrary penalty 2: punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court
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