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.
Pit·y·ing, a. Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. -- Pit*y*ing*ly, adv.
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pitying
adj : feeling or expressing sorrow or pity; "a pitying observer
threw his coat around her shoulders"; "let him perish
without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him"-
Thomas De Quincey [syn: sorry, sorry for(p)]