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-- To be at the mercy
of, to be wholly in the power of.

Syn. -- See Grace.

Merd (?), n. [F. merde, L.
merda.] Ordure; dung. [Obs.] Burton.

-mere (?). [Gr. &?; part.] A combining form meaning
part, portion; as, blastomere,
epimere.

Mere (mēr), n. [Written also
mar.] [OE. mere, AS. mere mere, sea; akin to D.
meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari,
G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ.
more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare,
and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that
which is dead, a waste. Cf. Mortal, Marine,
Marsh, Mermaid, Moor.] A pool or
lake. Drayton. Tennyson.

Mere, n. [Written also meer and
mear.] [AS. gem&aemacr;re. √269.] A
boundary. Bacon.

Mere (?), v. t. To divide, limit,
or bound.

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