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Definition of Pities
1. pity [v] - See also: pity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pities
Literary usage of Pities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1815)
"Well, to be sure, he is a great master: it is a thousand pities his genius could
not be converted to some public service. I think the government should ..."
2. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1897)
"If this is indeed all, one pities the apologists of the next century. And yet,
perhaps, if this l>3 all, their inevitable defeat need not concern us or them ..."
3. The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come Delivered by John Bunyan (1896)
"Then said Christian to his Companion, It pities me much for this poor man; it
will certainly go ill with him at last. 6 Hope. Alas, there are abundance in ..."