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De - Pt| English Dictionary: pitying | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for pitying | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pitying \Pit"y*ing\, a. Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. -- {Pit"y*ing*ly}, adv. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pity \Pit"y\, 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. | |
