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mercifying

mercifying is the present participle and gerund of mercify.

Meaning of mercify

Verb

mercify (third-person singular simple present mercifies, present participle mercifying, simple past and past participle mercified)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To have mercy on; to pity.
    • Whilest she did weepe, of no man mercifide […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about mercifying

What is mercifying the present participle and gerund of?
Mercifying is the present participle and gerund of mercify.

Words near mercifying in the dictionary

  1. mercifull
  2. mercifully
  3. mercifulness
  4. mercifulnesses
  5. mercify
  6. mercifying
  7. merciless
  8. mercilessly
  9. mercilessness
  10. mercilessnesses
  11. merciness

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