bepity
English
Etymology
be- + pity
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈpɪti/
Verb
bepity (third-person singular simple present bepities, present participle bepitying, simple past and past participle bepitied)
- (archaic) To pity greatly.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 380:
- I bepitied him, so I did, when he when he used to hug his pillow, and call it his dear Madam Sophia.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 380: