The sides transpierced return a rattling sound. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
transpierce — index enter (penetrate), lancinate, penetrate, pierce (lance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
transpierce — [trans pirs′] vt. transpierced, transpiercing [Fr transpercer: see TRANS & PIERCE] 1. to pierce through completely 2. to pierce; penetrate … English World dictionary
transpierce — transitive verb Etymology: Middle French transpercer, from Old French, from trans (from Latin) + percer to pierce Date: 1592 to pierce through ; penetrate … New Collegiate Dictionary
transpierce — /trans pears /, v.t., transpierced, transpiercing. to pierce through; penetrate; pass through. [1585 95; TRANS + PIERCE; cf. F transpercer] * * * … Universalium
transpierce — verb To pierce through; to pass through. Now, while the angry trumpet sounds alarms, Syn: permeate, penetrate … Wiktionary
transpierce — v. a. Transfix, penetrate, perforate, pierce through … New dictionary of synonyms
transpierce — trans·pierce … English syllables
transpierce — v.tr. pierce through … Useful english dictionary
Transpierced — Transpierce Trans*pierce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transpierced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transpiercing}.] [Pref. trans + pierce: cf. F. transpercer.] To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through. [1913 Webster] The sides transpierced… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Transpiercing — Transpierce Trans*pierce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transpierced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transpiercing}.] [Pref. trans + pierce: cf. F. transpercer.] To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through. [1913 Webster] The sides transpierced… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
