释义 |
> as lemmasto do (also put in) the mercy to do (also put in) the mercy: to amerce. to be in mercy [after Anglo-Norman estre en (la) merci to incur an amercement (14th cent.); compare post-classical Latin esse in misericordia (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources)] : to be liable to a fine. See also to take to (also into) mercy at sense A. 4c.< |