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has mercy

has mercy is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have mercy.

Meaning of have mercy

Verb

have mercy (third-person singular simple present has mercy, present participle having mercy, simple past and past participle had mercy)

  1. (imperative, usually) To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage.
    • "I have learnt it!" cried the old man. "Oh, have mercy on me in this hour, if, in my love for her, so young and good, I slandered Nature in the breasts of mothers rendered desperate! Pity my presumption, wickedness, and ignorance, and save her!"1844 (date written), Charles Dickens, “Fourth Quarter”, in The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year out and a New Year in, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1845, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    spare

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What is has mercy the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Has mercy is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have mercy.

Words near has mercy in the dictionary

  1. has Jesus in one's heart
  2. has kittens
  3. has left the building
  4. has legs
  5. has little time for
  6. has mercy
  7. has more chins than a Chinese phone book
  8. has more chins than a Chinese phonebook
  9. has more chins than Chinatown
  10. has more money than God
  11. has more of something in one's finger than

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