词汇 | amerce |
词根词缀 | 词源: 1215, earlier amercy, Anglo-Fr. amercier "to fine," from merci "mercy, grace" (see mercy). The legal phrase estre a merci "to be at the mercy of" (a tribunal, etc.) was corrupted to estre amercié in an example of how a legalese adv. phrase can become a verb (cf. abandon). The sense often was "to fine arbitrarily." "Frans hom ne seit amerciez pour petit forfet." [Magna Charta] |
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