1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. "I pierce . . . her tender side." Dryden.
2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship.
3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery. "Pierced with grief." Pope. Can no prayers pierce thee Shak.
PIERCE
Pierce, v. i.
Defn: To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through
something, as a pointed instrument does; — used literally and
figuratively.
And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. Spenser.
She would not pierce further into his meaning. Sir P. Sidney.
PIERCEABLE
Pierce"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be pierced.
PIERCED
Pierced, a.
Defn: Penetrated; entered; perforated.
PIERCEL
Pier"cel, n. Etym: [Cf. F. perce.]