pained

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Michael Ivanovich sighed -- the word pained him; but mastering himself at once, he answered with a tired smile.

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  1. Having pain; indicating pain; as, a pained expression. Visit the speechless sick and still converse With groaning wretches; and your task shall be … To enforce the pained impotent to smile. Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 864.
  2. An obsolete form of paned.

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