interpierce

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ pierce.

Verb

interpierce (third-person singular simple present interpierces, present participle interpiercing, simple past and past participle interpierced)

  1. To pierce each other.
    • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
      Now Pierre began to see mysteries interpierced with mysteries, and mysteries eluding mysteries; and began to seem to see the mere imaginariness of the so supposed solidest principle of human association.
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