bepity

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UK/bɪˈpɪti/

verb

To pity greatly.

OriginEnglish pity ← Middle English bi- ← Old English be- →
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Meanings

verbbepity (third-person singular simple present bepities, present participle bepitying, simple past and past participle bepitied)

present singular third person bepities · participle present bepitying · participle past bepitied · past bepitied

  1. archaicTo pity greatly.

    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, published 1973, page 380

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Englishpity
  12. Englishbepity

From be- + pity.

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APA

bepity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bepity

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“bepity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bepity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bepity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bepity.

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