Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Merciful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Merciful.
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- adjective obsolete
merciful
Etymologies
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Old French
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Examples
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"right merciable lord, moved with pity, mercy, and grace."
Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth James Endell Tyler 1820
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