amerce

Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven.

He was prosecuted, convicted, amerced in a fine, and imprisoned three months in York Castle.

We present Nicholas Barber for smoking in the street, and do amerce him one shilling.”

It occurs, as every one knows, in the clause of the Great Charter, which says that the villain who falls into the king's mercy is to be amerced 'saving his waynage.'

The words achieve, agree, amerce, amount, acquit, acquaint, avow, &c. show the same prefix, derived through the medium of Old French.