Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pity
Pity
pity
n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 sorrow and compassion aroused by another's condition (felt pity for the child). 2 something to be regretted; grounds for regret (what a pity!; the pity of it is that he didn't mean it). --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) feel (often contemptuous) pity for (they are to be pitied; I pity you if you think that). Phrases and idioms for pity's sake an exclamation of urgent supplication, anger, etc. more's the pity so much the worse. take pity on feel or act compassionately towards. Derivatives pitying adj. pityingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF pit{eacute} f. L pietas (as PIETY)
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I. noun (plural pities) Etymology: Middle English pite, from Anglo-French pité, from Latin pietat-, pietas piety, ~, from pius pious Date: 13th century 1. sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy, capacity to feel ~, something to be regretted , Synonyms: see: ~ II. verb (pitied; ~ing) Date: 15th century transitive verb to feel ~ for, intransitive verb to feel ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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