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miserari, ~are [CL] 1 to have mercy (on), be merciful (to): a (absol.); b (w. dat.); c (w. acc.); d (as act.). a gratias agebat Deo ~anti V. Cuthb. I 4; vos videam laetos mox, miserante Deo Alcuin Carm. 18. 16; ecce Neotus adest, Domini miserantis alumnus V. Neot. A 13; ~ante Deo claruit veritas Anselm (Ep. 63) III 178. b 1394 docuit hominem ad diligendum inimicos, et ad ~andum eis Conc. III 222B. c ~are labores nostros Anselm (Prosl. 1) I 99; ~ans hominem in periculo gravi positum Ib. (Ep. 27) III 135; horum igitur Wlstanus ~atus inopiam W. Malm. Wulfst. I 7; hostes ‥ suos ~atus precepit indigenis sepelire eos G. Mon. X 13; afflictos ~ans et penas mitigans Gir. PI I 16 p. 57; attamen ~atus hominem ambo pondera apposuit in lance Coggesh. Visio 15. d item a misereor ~o, -as, i. misereri Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 347. 2 to grant out of pity. s1245 rege ~ante ei deducatum (v. deducatus). 3 (gdv. as adj.): a miserable, wretched, eliciting pity. b awful, bringing misery. a crudelitas quae letiferam ~andis civibus luem inferebat Aldh. VirgP 52 p. 309; domicilium est ingressus in quo aeger quiescebat ~andus Lantfr. Swith. 3. b ~andas imminentes poenas cito exitu devitabant Gildas EB 19; qui genitus mundum miseranda labe resolvit Aldh. CE 2. 30; at vulgus reliquum, miseranda strage peremptum (Vers.) W. Malm. GR II 135.

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