Definition for PIT'Y

PIT'Y, v.t. [Fr. pitoyer.]

To feel pain or grief for one in distress; to have sympathy for; to compassionate; to have tender feelings for one, excited by his unhappiness. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. – Ps. ciii. Taught by that power who pities me, / I learn to pity them. – Goldsmith.

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