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   Misery (?), n.; pl. Miseries (#). [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. misère, OF. also, miserie.]
   
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   1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.  Chaucer.
   
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   Destruction and misery are in their ways. Rom. iii. 16.
   
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   2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
   
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   When we our betters see bearing our woes,
   
   We scarcely think our miseries our foes. Shak.
   
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   3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.]
   
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   Syn. -- Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune.
   
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