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)

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.