WOE
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Woe (?), n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w&ā;, interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. w&ē;, G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. &unr_;. √128. Cf. Wail.] [Formerly written also wo.]
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1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
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Thus saying, from her side the fatal key,
Sad instrument of all our woe, she took.
Milton.
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[They] weep each other's woe.
Pope.
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2. A curse; a malediction.
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Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?
South.
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&hand_; Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow. “ Woe is me! for I am undone.” Isa. vi. 5.
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O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life].
Chaucer.
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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!
Isa. xlv. 9.
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Woe worth, Woe be to. See Worth, v. i.
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Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day,
That costs thy life, my gallant gray!
Sir W. Scott.
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Woe, a. Woeful; sorrowful. [Obs.]
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His clerk was woe to do that deed.
Robert of Brunne.
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Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed.
Chaucer.
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And looking up he waxed wondrous woe.
Spenser.
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