Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Piercing; penetrating.
Etymologies
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From Middle French perçant, from percer ("to pierce").
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PAGE 45.l. 301. _perceant_, piercing -- a Spenserian word.
Keats: Poems Published in 1820 John Keats 1808
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