Definition of Merceful
Mer"ci*ful (?), a. [Mercy + -
ful.] 1. Full of mercy; having or exercising
mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to
punish.
The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and
gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6.
Be merciful, great duke, to men of
mold. Shak.
2. Unwilling to give pain;
compassionate.
A merciful man will be merciful to his
beast. Old Proverb.
Syn. -- Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind;
mild; clement; benignant.
-- Mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. --
Mer"ci*ful*ness, n.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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