mĭsĕresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [misereo].
I 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.—
B 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. 1026.—*
II I. q. miserum fieri, to become wretched, miserable : sed quid est homini miseriarum, quo miserescat miser ex animo, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 1.