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What is the verb for pity?

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pity
  1. (transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something). [from 15th c.]
  2. (transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. [from 16th c.]
  3. Synonyms:
      4. feel for, compassionate, sympathize with, bleed for, commiserate with, ache, ache for, comfort, commiserate, condole, condole with, console, empathise, empathize, empathize with, feel pity for, feel sorry for, reprieve, solace, soothe, sympathise, sympathize, understand, weep for, yearn over, be compassionate towards, be moved by, be sympathetic towards, feel sympathy for, grieve for, take pity on, be sympathetic, feel with, give quarter, grant amnesty, grieve with, have compassion, identify with, lament with, show concern, show sympathy, be sorry for, have compassion for, have mercy on, be there for, have one's heart go out to, show compassion for, compassion, appreciate, relate to … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “I truly pity those who are possessed of ignorance.”
      “May God pity you for your blasphemy.”
pitying
  1. present participle of pity
  2. Synonyms:
      3. feeling for, compassionating, sympathizing with, bleeding for, commiserating with, aching, aching for, comforting, commiserating, condoling, condoling with, consoling, empathising, empathizing, empathizing with, feeling pity for, feeling sorry for, reprieving, solacing, soothing, sympathising, sympathizing, understanding, weeping for, yearning over, feeling sympathy for, grieving for, taking pity on, being sympathetic, feeling with, giving quarter, granting amnesty, grieving with, having compassion, identifying with, lamenting with, showing concern, showing sympathy, having compassion for, having mercy on, showing compassion for, appreciating, relating to, expressing concern, bleeding, expressing sympathy, sorrowing for, offering condolences to, showing interest, sharing another's sorrow … more
pities
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pity
  2. Synonyms:
      3. feels for, compassionates, sympathizes with, bleeds for, commiserates with, aches, aches for, comforts, commiserates, condoles, condoles with, consoles, empathises, empathizes, empathizes with, feels pity for, feels sorry for, reprieves, solaces, soothes, sympathises, sympathizes, understands, weeps for, yearns over, feels sympathy for, grieves for, takes pity on, is sympathetic, are sympathetic, feels with, gives quarter, grants amnesty, grieves with, had compassion, identifies with, laments with, shows concern, shows sympathy, has compassion for, has mercy on, shows compassion for, compassions, appreciates, relates to, expresses concern, bleeds, sorrows for, shares another's sorrow, expresses sympathy … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “But anyone who pities herself for more than a month on end is a weak sister and likely to become a public nuisance besides.”
      “She won't say 'yes' then simply because she pities me or because she doesn't realize what it means.”
      “It presumes that we're both consumed by disability and nobly fight it – yet still pities us.”
pitieth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pity
  2. Examples:
      3. “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.”
pitiest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of pity
pitied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of pity
  2. Synonyms:
      3. felt for, compassionated, sympathized with, bled for, commiserated with, ached, oke, aken, ached for, comforted, commiserated, condoled, condoled with, consoled, empathised, empathized, empathized with, felt pity for, felt sorry for, reprieved, solaced, soothed, sympathised, sympathized, understood, wept for, yearned over, felt sympathy for, grieved for, took pity on, taken pity on, was sympathetic, were sympathetic, been sympathetic, felt with, gave quarter, given quarter, granted amnesty, grieved with, had compassion, identified with, lamented with, showed concern, shown concern, showed sympathy, shown sympathy, had compassion for, had mercy on, appreciated, related to … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I pitied the poor souls who would listen to the rambling of the senile teachers on this most lazy day.”
      “He was smiling an ironic smile since he pitied himself for all the years of shallowness he had grown so used to.”
      “When she first met Blake she'd pitied him because he only had a few friends, so she had befriended him.”
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