Pity /(?)/

Pit·y

Pity

n.

pl. Pities

  1. Piety. [Obs.]
  2. A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
    He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.
    — Prov. xix. 17.
    He . . . has no more pity in him than a dog.
  3. A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.
    What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country!

Pity

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Pitied; p. pr. & vb. n. Pitying

  1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
    Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
    — Ps. ciii. 13.
  2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]
    It pitieth them to see her in the dust.
    — Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Pity

v. i.
  1. To be compassionate; to show pity.
    I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy.