bepity

bepity

English

Etymology

    From be- + pity.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈpɪti/

    Verb

    bepity (third-person singular simple present bepities, present participle bepitying, simple past and past participle bepitied)

    1. (archaic) To pity greatly.
      • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 380:
        I bepitied him, so I did, when he when he used to hug his pillow, and call it his dear Madam Sophia.