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milse

milse verb: to be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.

Verb

milse (third-person singular simple present milses, present participle milsing, simple past and past participle milsed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.

Forms of milse

third-person singular presentmilses
present participlemilsing
past participlemilsed
pastmilsed

Origin of milse

From Middle English milsen, milcen, milcien, from Old English miltsian (“to compassionate, pity, show mercy, soften, make merciful”), from Proto-Germanic *mildisjō (“kindness”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, grind”). Related to Old English milts (“mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favor, joy”), Old English milde (“mild, merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek”). More at mild.

Questions about milse

What does milse mean?
Milse means to be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.
What part of speech is milse?
Milse is a verb.
What is the past tense of milse?
The past tense of milse is milsed.

Words near milse in the dictionary

  1. Milroys
  2. mils
  3. Milsap
  4. milsaperidone
  5. Milsaps
  6. milse
  7. milsed
  8. milses
  9. milsey
  10. milsim
  11. milsims

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