Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to transpierce
Participle: transpierced
Gerund: transpiercing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | transpierce |
| you | transpierce |
| he;she;it | transpierces |
| we | transpierce |
| you | transpierce |
| they | transpierce |
Perfect
| I | have transpierced |
| you | have transpierced |
| he;she;it | has transpierced |
| we | have transpierced |
| you | have transpierced |
| they | have transpierced |
Past
| I | transpierced |
| you | transpierced |
| he;she;it | transpierced |
| we | transpierced |
| you | transpierced |
| they | transpierced |
Pluperfect
| I | had transpierced |
| you | had transpierced |
| he;she;it | had transpierced |
| we | had transpierced |
| you | had transpierced |
| they | had transpierced |
Future
| I | will transpierce |
| you | will transpierce |
| he;she;it | will transpierce |
| we | will transpierce |
| you | will transpierce |
| they | will transpierce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have transpierced |
| you | will have transpierced |
| he;she;it | will have transpierced |
| we | will have transpierced |
| you | will have transpierced |
| they | will have transpierced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | transpierce |
| you | transpierce |
| he;she;it | transpierce |
| we | transpierce |
| you | transpierce |
| they | transpierce |
Perfect
| I | have transpierced |
| you | have transpierced |
| he;she;it | have transpierced |
| we | have transpierced |
| you | have transpierced |
| they | have transpierced |
Imperfect
| I | transpierced |
| you | transpierced |
| he;she;it | transpierced |
| we | transpierced |
| you | transpierced |
| they | transpierced |
Pluperfect
| I | had transpierced |
| you | had transpierced |
| he;she;it | had transpierced |
| we | had transpierced |
| you | had transpierced |
| they | had transpierced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would transpierce |
| you | would transpierce |
| he;she;it | would transpierce |
| we | would transpierce |
| you | would transpierce |
| they | would transpierce |
Perfect
| I | would have transpierced |
| you | would have transpierced |
| he;she;it | would have transpierced |
| we | would have transpierced |
| you | would have transpierced |
| they | would have transpierced |
Imperative
| you | transpierce |
| we | Let's transpierce |
| you | transpierce |
Verbs conjugated like 'transpierce'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'transpierce'
transpire,
transpare,
transpile,
transplace,
transverse,
enpierce,
repierce,
transceive,
transcreate,
transduce,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pierce something with any long, pointed object
- empierce, fix, impale, pierce, prick, puncture, run through, stake, stick, transfix
- spear
- lance, skewer, spike, transfix, skiver, crucify, impale, spit
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From trans- + pierce.
Sample Sentences
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Now, while the angry trumpet sounds alarms, / And dying groans transpierce the wounded air […] [c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
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[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, […] [1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 45:]
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Giue her th' Eoan brightnesse, / Wing'd with that subtill lightnesse, / That doth trans-pierce the Ayre; […] [1619, Michael Drayton, “[Odes.] To the New Yeere.”, in Cyril Brett, editor, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1907, →OCLC, page 59, lines 19–21:]
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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. [2010, John Howard Griffin, Nuni:]