mĭsĕresco
mĭsĕresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [misereo]. To feel pity, have compassion (only poet.): his lacrimis vitam damus et miserescimus ultro, Verg. A. 2, 145: miserescite regis, id. ib. 8, 573: generis miseresce tui, Stat. Th. 1, 280.— Impers.: miserescit me alicu jus, it distresses me, I feel pity, take compassion (cf. miseret, under misereo, II.): inopis nunc te miserescat mei, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 3.—* I. q. miserum fieri, to become wretched, miserable: sed quid est homini miseriarum, quo miserescat miser ex animo, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 1.
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mĭsĕresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [misereo]. To feel pity, have compassion (only poet.): his lacrimis vitam damus et miserescimus ultro, Verg. A. 2, 145: miserescite regis, id. ib. 8, 573: generis miseresce tui, Stat. Th. 1, 280.— Impers.: miserescit me alicu jus, it distresses me, I feel pity, take compassion (cf. miseret, under misereo, II.): inopis nunc te miserescat mei, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 3.—* I. q. miserum fieri, to become wretched, miserable: sed quid est homini miseriarum, quo miserescat miser ex animo, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 1.
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