PITYv.t.
To feel pain or grief for one in distress; to have sympathy for; to compassionate; to have tender feelings for one, excited by his unhappiness.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Psalm 103:13.
Taught by that power who pities me,
I learn to pity them.
PITYv.i.
To be compassionate; to exercise pity.
I will not pity nor spare, nor have mercy. Jeremiah 13:14.
[But this may be considered as an elliptical phrase.]