What is the meaning of AMER. Phrases containing AMER
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v. t.
To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.
n.
The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]
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The process of Americanizing.
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Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions.
imp. & p. p.
of Amerce
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One who amerces.
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Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.
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A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.
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The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.
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The American hawk owl. See under Hawk.
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A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.
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of Americanize
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Liable to be amerced.
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Of or pertaining to both North and South America.
v. t.
To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.
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of Americanize
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Same as Amercement.
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Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
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Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.
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