MERCIFUL
Mer"ci*ful, a. Etym: [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.
MERCIFY
Mer"ci*fy, v. t.
Defn: To pity. [Obs.] Spenser.
MERCILESS
Mer"ci*less, a.
Defn: Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; — said of animate
beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant;
merciless waves.
The foe is merciless, and will not pity. Shak.
Syn.
— Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless; barbarous;
savage.
— Mer"ci*less*ly, adv.
— Mer"ci*less*ness, n.
MERCURAMMONIUM
Mer`cur*am*mo"ni*um, n. Etym: [Mercuric + ammonium.] (Chem.)