PERCE

Definition: PERCE

PERCE

Transitive verb

1. To pierce.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

"PERCE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "pierce the valley".

Date "PERCE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Note: Perce \Perce\, transitive verb. To pierce. [obsolete]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: PERCE

English words defined with "PERCE": Chief Joseph ♦ Joseph ♦ Nez Perce. (references)

Etymologies containing "PERCE": Piercel. (references)

Non-English Usage: "PERCE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (drills), Serbo-Croatian (plumelet).

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Commercial Usage: PERCE

Domain	Title
Books	Lay the Mountains Low: The Flight of the Nez Perce from Idaho and the Battle of the Big Hole, August 9-10, 1877 (reference) I Will Tell of My War Story: A Pictorial Account of the Nez Perce War (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book) (reference) I Will Fight No More Forever: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War (reference) Cries from the Earth: The Outbreak of the Nez Perce War and the Battle of White Bird Canyon June 17, 1877 (Johnston, Terry C., Plainsmen, Bk. 14.) (reference) Forlorn Hope: The Battle of White Bird Canyon and the Beginning of the Nez Perce War (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Golden Age : Journal Of The Nez Perce County Historical Soci (reference) Tots Tatoken Nez Perce Tribal Newspaper (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: PERCE

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Photo Album: PERCE

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Nez Perce National Historical Park.Credit: NPS.		Say Perce, what's the name for those nuts that are always chasin' atoms and electrons ...Credit: Library of Congress.
	Wheat land. Darker fields are summer fallow. Nez Perce County, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress.		Looking down on wheat fields from Winchester Hill. Nez Perce County, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Wheat fields from Winchester Hill. Nez Perce County, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress.		Wheat fields. Nez Perce County, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Aluminum for defense. Nez Perce, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress.		Harrowing summer fallow (wheat land). Nez Perce County, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: PERCE

"PERCE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.39% of the time. "PERCE" is used about 249 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	98.39%	245	19,065
Unclassified Items	1.61%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	249	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: PERCE

The following table summarizes the usage of "PERCE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Perce	Last name	130	54,976
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: PERCE

"PERCE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "pierce the valley".

The following table summarizes names related to "PERCE."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Perce	Male	English	Percival
Percival	Male	English	N/A
Percy	Male	English	Percival
Perceval	Male	French	Percival
Parsifal	Male	German	Percival
Percival	Male	Welsh Mythology	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: PERCE

Expressions using "PERCE": nez perce ♦ Nez Perce County. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PERCE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
nez perce	93	perce pierre	4
perce	55	nez perce county idaho	4
nez perce indian	31	perce tribe	4
nez perce tribe	21	nez perce national historical park	4
chief joseph of the nez perce	17	coyote nez perce story	4
perce rock	16	perce roche	4
perce quebec	15	neige perce	4
oreille perce	15	perce hotel	3
rocher perce	12	game nez perce	3
nez perce county	9	historic national nez park perce	3
nez perce national forest	9	nez perce history	3
horse nez perce	7	nez perce wolf	3
nez perce war	7	oreilles perce	2
nez perce idaho	7	appaloosa nez perce	2
nez perce language	6	nez perce trail	2
nez perce picture	6	camping perce	2
nez perce indian tribe	6	bead nez perce work	2
gaspesie perce	5	bonaventure hotel perce	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: PERCE

Derivations
	Words beginning with "PERCE": perceivable, perceivably, perceive, perceived, perceiver, perceivers, perceives, perceiving, percent, percentage, percentages, percentile, percentiles, percents, percept, perceptibilities, perceptibility, perceptible, perceptibly, perception, perceptional, perceptions, perceptive, perceptively, perceptiveness, perceptivenesses, perceptivities, perceptivity, percepts, perceptual, perceptually. (additional references)
	Words containing "PERCE": apperceive, apperceived, apperceives, apperceiving, apperception, apperceptions, apperceptive, imperceivable, imperceptible, imperceptibly, imperceptive, imperceptiveness, imperceptivenesses, interperceptual, misperceive, misperceived, misperceives, misperceiving, misperception, misperceptions, opercele, operceles, supercede, superceded, supercedes, superceding, supercenter, supercenters, unperceived, unperceptive. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PERCE"

Words ending with "erce": Merce, terce. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PERCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: creep, crepe.
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-p-r"
	-1 letter: cepe, cere, peer, pree.
	-2 letters: cee, cep, ere, pec, pee, per, rec, ree, rep.
	-3 letters: er, pe, re.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-p-r"
	+1 letter: creeps, creepy, creped, crepes, crepey, pecker, piecer, pierce, recept, recipe.
	+2 letters: capered, caperer, cheaper, cheeper, compeer, compere, creeper, creepie, crepier, cupeler, epeiric, epicure, escaper, excerpt, peacher, peckers, peckier, percale, percent, percept, perched, percher, perches, perfect, pickeer, piecers, pierced, piercer, pierces, precede, precent, precept, precess, precipe, precise, precode, precure, preface, prefect, prelect, prepuce, prerace, proceed, receipt, recepts, recipes, recoupe, replace, reprice, respace, respect, scepter, sceptre, specter, spectre, spencer.
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