pierce

pronunciation: 'pirs; function: verb; inflected form(s); pierced, piercing

etymology: middle english percen, from old french percer, from (assumed) vulgar latin pertusiare, from latin pertusus, past participle of pertundere, to perforate, from per - through and tundere - to beat

1. to thrust into, penetrate or transfix, with a pointed instrument. I pierce ... her tender side. Dryden.

2. to penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship.

3. fig.: to penetrate; to affect deeply; as to pierce a mystery. Pierced with grief. Pope. Can no prayers pierce thee? Shakespeare.

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