mercify

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verb

To have mercy on; to pity.

Similar
commiserateruecompassioncompassionatecondolefeel someone's painfeel sorry forpity
First used 16th–19th c.Scrabble 17
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Meanings

verbmercify (third-person singular simple present mercifies, present participle mercifying, simple past and past participle mercified)

present singular third person mercifies · participle present mercifying · participle past mercified · past mercified

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo have mercy on; to pity.First known use 16th–19th c.

    Whilest she did weepe, of no man mercifide […]

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

    Synonyms: commiserate, rue, commiserate, compassion, compassionate, condole, feel someone's pain, feel sorry for

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo have mercy on; to pity.

Similar
commiserateruecommiseratecompassioncompassionatecondolefeel someone's painfeel sorry forpityruetake pity
Also see
commiseratecompassioncompassionatecondolefeel someone's painfeel sorry forpityrue

Origin

From mercy + -fy.

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APA

mercify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercify

MLA

“mercify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mercify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercify.

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