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mercying

mercying is the present participle and gerund of mercy.

Meaning of mercy

Verb

mercy (third-person singular simple present mercies, present participle mercying, simple past and past participle mercied)

  1. To feel mercy
    • I despised her; but I mercied her, too, and gave her sweet berries to eat, and led her to my lodge, and said to my best wife, ' Get up from my best skin, for the white squaw is a guest, and is weary.'1866, Sarah Hammond Palfrey, Herman: Or, Young Knighthood, page 189
  2. To show mercy; to pardon or treat leniently because of mercy
    • In the middle of the room is a young Infanta intended for Marguerite Theresa, born in 1651, daughter of Philip the fourth, whose portrait Velasquez took in 1658, to send to Leopold, who had just been elected Emperor of Germanyd and who mercied her in 1666.1833, Etienne Achille Réveil, Museum of Painting and Sculpture

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Questions about mercying

What is mercying the present participle and gerund of?
Mercying is the present participle and gerund of mercy.

Words near mercying in the dictionary

  1. mercy-killing
  2. mercy-killings
  3. mercyfuck
  4. mercyfucks
  5. mercyfull
  6. mercying
  7. Mercys
  8. merd
  9. merdaughter
  10. merdaughters
  11. merde

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