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Mercy
MER’CY, noun [Latin misericordia.]
1. That benevolence, mildness or tenderness of heart which disposes a person to overlook injuries, or to treat an offender better than he deserves; the disposition that tempers justice, & induces an injured person to forgive trespasses & injuries, & to forbear punishment, or inflict less than law or justice will warrant. In this sense, there is perhaps no word in our language precisely synonymous with mercy That which comes nearest to it is grace. It implies benevolence, tenderness, mildness, pity or compassion, & clemency, but exercised only towards offenders. mercy is a distinguishing attribute of the Supreme Being.
The Lord is long-suffering and of great mercy forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty. Numbers 14:18.
2. An act or exercise of mercy or favor. It is a mercy that they escaped.
I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies. Genesis 32:1.
3. Pity; compassion manifested towards a person in distress.
And he said, he that showed mercy on him. Luke 10:37.
4. Clemency and bounty.
Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercy Proverbs 28:13.
5. Charity, or the duties of charity and benevolence.
I will have mercy and not sacrifice. Matthew 9:13.
6. Grace; favor. 1 Corinthians 7:25. Jude 1:2.
7. Eternal life, the fruit of mercy 2 Timothy 1:2.
8. Pardon.
I cry thee mercy with all my heart.
9. The act of sparing, or the forbearance of a violent act expected. The prisoner cried for mercy
To be or to lie at the mercy of, to have no means of self-defense, but to be dependent for safety on the mercy or compassion of another, or in the power of that which is irresistible; as, to be at the mercy of a foe, or of the waves.
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Mire
MIRE, noun Deep mud; earth so wet and soft as to yield to the feet and to wheels.
MIRE, verb transitive To plunge and fix in mire; to set or stall in mud. We say, a horse, an ox or a carriage is mired, when it has sunk deep into mud and its progress is stopped.
1. To soil or daub with mud or foul matter.
MIRE, verb intransitive To sink in mud, or to sink so deep as to be unable to move forward.
MIRE, noun An ant. [See Pismire.]
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Morass
MORASS‘, noun A marsh; a fen; a tract of low moist ground.
Mortal
MOR’TAL, adjective [Latin mortalis, from mors, death, or morior, to die, that is, to fall.]
1. Subject to death; destined to die. Man is mortal
2. Deadly; destructive to life; causing death, or that must cause death; as a mortal wound; mortal poison.
The fruit
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world, and all our woe–
3. Bringing death; terminating life.
Safe in the hand of one disposing power,
Or in the natal or the mortal hour.
4. Deadly in malice or purpose; as a mortal foe. In colloquial language, a mortal foe is an inveterate foe.
5. Exposing to certain death; incurring the penalty of death; condemned to be punished with death; not venial; as a mortal sin.
6. Human; belonging to man who is mortal; as mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.
The voice of God
To mortal ear is dreadful.
7. Extreme; violent. [Not elegant.]
The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright–
MOR’TAL, noun Man; a being subject to death; a human being.
Warn poor mortals left behind.
It is often used in ludicrous and colloquial language.
I can behold no mortal now.
Mystic
MYS’TIC
MYS’TICAL, adjective [Latin mysticus.] Obscure; hid; secret.
1. Sacredly obscure or secret; remote from human comprehension.
God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural.
2. Involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as mystic dance; mystic Babylon.