Transpierce

Quick meaning: Transpierce is a verb meaning (transitive) To pierce through; to pass through.

Meaning

(transitive) To pierce through; to pass through.

Example Sentences

Now, while the angry trumpet sounds alarms, / And dying groans transpierce the wounded air […]

Giue her th' Eoan brightnesse, / Wing'd with that subtill lightnesse, / That doth trans-pierce the Ayre; […]

The upblaze of reflected heat burns my cheeks and eyes. Her body swims before me, spangled and transpierced by shafts of light caught in my tears. I croak that I am sorry for having invaded her hut.

[F]oorthvvith her eyes bred her eye-ſore, the firſt vvhite vvhereon their tranſpiercing arrovves ſtuck, being the breathleſſe corps of Leander: vvith the ſodaine contemplation of this piteous ſpectacle of her loue, ſodden to haddocks meate, her ſorrovve could not chooſe but be indefinite, […]

Word Forms

• transpierces
• transpiercing
• transpierced

Synonyms for transpierce

Depending on context, synonyms include penetrate, permeate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include perforate, pierce, penetrate, take, empierce, transfuse.

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