WO, noun [G.] 1. Grief; sorrow; misery; a heavy calamity. One who is past; and behold, there come two woes more hereafter. Revelations 9. They weep each others wo 2. A curse. Can there be a wo or curse in all the stores of vengeance, equal to the malignity of such a practice? 3. wo is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow. WO is me; for I am undone. Isaiah 6:1. This is properly the Saxon dative, wo is to me. WO worth the day. This is also the dative; wo be to the day. WO is a noun, and if used as an adjective, it is improperly used. wo to you that are rich. wo to that man, by whom the offense cometh; that is, misery, calamity, be or will be to him.
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