a. [ OF. ] Merciful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Mercy + -ful. ]
The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. t. To pity. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things;
The foe is merciless, and will not pity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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