Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo impose a fine on; to fine. · To punish; to make an exaction.
From Anglo-Norman amercier, from Old French a (“at”) + merci (“mercy”), thus “at the mercy of”.
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