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    Mockery , n.; pl. Mockeries . [F. moquerie.]
    1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.
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      It is, as the air, invulnerable,
      And our vain blows malicious mockery.
      Shak.

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      Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application of the mind to God.
      Law.

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      And bear about the mockery of woe.
      Pope.

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    2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.
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      The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries.
      Spenser.

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    3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.
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      The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery.
      2 Macc. viii. 17.

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