verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To pity greatly. archaic

   "I bepitied him, so I did, when he when he used to hug his pillow, and call it his dear Madam Sophia."

Example

More examples

"I bepitied him, so I did, when he when he used to hug his pillow, and call it his dear Madam Sophia."

Etymology

From be- + pity.

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