† bemercyv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To treat with mercy, show mercy to.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > have mercy upon
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milceeOE
arec1000
i-milcec1000
to have (also take) mercy on (also upon, of)a1225
to show (also do) mercy (to)a1225
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tender1442
to take to (also into) mercy1523
mercify1596
bemercy1660
to give (or cut) (a person) some slack1968
1660 T. Watson in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1871) II. Ps. xxxii. 1 The Greek signifies, ‘I was be-mercied.’
a1680 T. Goodwin Of Object Justif. Faith i. iii. ii, in Wks. (1697) IV. 159 I was bemercied, (if we may so speak)..endowed with Mercy, encompassed with Mercy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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