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a. [ Cf. F. commercial. ] Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. “Princely commercial houses.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business. --
Commercial law. See under Law. --
Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches. --
Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, etc. --
Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders.

Syn. -- See Mercantile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as commercialization. [ Brit. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as commercialize. [ Brit. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The commercial spirit or method. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of making something commercial in character. See commercialize. [ Also spelled commercialisation. ]
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. to make something commercial in character, either by placing it for sale on the open market, or by emphasizing its profit-making aspects; as, the Olympics have been excessively commercialized. [ Also spelled commercialise. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. organized principally for financial gain. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having its focus changed from non-commercial to commercial; as, Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle.
Syn. -- commercialised. [ PJC ]

adv. In a commercial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. ] Merciful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mercy + -ful. ] 1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of merciless. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild; clement; benignant. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. -- Mer"ci*ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pity. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves. [ 1913 Webster ]

The foe is merciless, and will not pity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless; barbarous; savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Mer"ci*less*ly, adv. -- Mer"ci*less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises. Opposite of commercial. [ Narrower terms: nonprofit, non-profit-making ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } v. t. [ F. remercier; pref. re- re- + OF. mercier to thank, from OF. & F. merci. See Mercy. ] To thank. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She him remercied as the patron of her life. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

See abolishable.
See absolvable.
See absurd.
See abundant.
See accordant.
See adoptable.
See adventurous.
See affable.
See affectionate.
See afraid.
See alliable.
See allowable.
See alterable.
See ambiguous.
See ambitious.
See amendable.
See -American.
See amusive.
See angular.
See anxious.
See apocryphal.
See apostolic.
See apparent.
See appeasable.
See applausive.
See appreciable.
See apprehensible.
See apprehensive.
See approachable.
See artificial.
See artistic.
See assailable.
See attainable.
See attentive.
See authentic.
See available.
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See beautiful.
See beliefful.
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See blissful.
See boastful.
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See collectible.
See comic.
See commendable.
See commercial.
See communicable.
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See compact.
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See compassionate.
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See competitive.
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See costly.
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See divine.
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[ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + mercy. ] Unmerciful; merciless. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind. -- Un*mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. -- Un*mer"ci*ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- (intensive) + merciless. ] Utterly merciless. [ Obs. ] Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]