单词 | have pity |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (also take) pity a. to have (also take) pity: to feel or show pity; to be merciful or compassionate. Usually with on, upon, or (now rarely) of. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity or compassion [verb (intransitive)] > show pity or compassion to have (also take) pitya1300 to have compassionc1384 to take compassion (upon, of)a1593 a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 124 (MED) Hayl mari..haf pite of me and merci. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3008 (MED) To ech torment þat þou wolt us do we beþ ȝare in þis place, Bote þou wole of vs abbe here pite & grace. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 4643 (MED) Thei token Pite of his grief. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 2274 Y pray þe, Þat þou haue on me pyte. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 250 Wallace tharoff in hart had gret pyte. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xix. 21 Haue pite vpon me, haue pite vpon me (o ye my frendes). 1538 Treat. Byshops Rome sig. O2 Ffor one kynred had noo more pyte of that other. than an hungry wulf hathe of a shepe. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xix. 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 32 Take pity prethee, Upon a poor old Cinque and Quater, Has paid for playing the Creator. 1709 F. Atterbury Serm. St. Brigit's 22 Take Pity upon Them, who cannot take Pity upon themselves. 1786 H. Cowley School for Greybeards sig. H3 Oh dear Sir, there'll be nothing but rapes and murder! Oh take pity on us poor virgins, Sir, and go. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 112 Have pity on me then. 1847 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. iv. 298 Which leads me to take pity on paper, or rather on myself. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 373 He still had pity of the terrorcausing shrieking of shrill women in their labour. 1959 D. Lessing Each in his own Wilderness 43 Myra (breaking down and crying for a few seconds before pulling herself together): Tony, have some pity on me sometimes. 1995 Midwest Home & Design Spring 60/1 A neighbor will take pity on you, huddled by your Weber in the snow, and invite you over for dinner. to have pity ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [noun] > remorse pityc1330 agenbite1340 griefa1375 out-thinkinga1382 remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410 remorsea1425 regreta1540 wringing1623 remord1625 resentment1646 heart-searching1647 remordency1658 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] reusingeOE rueeOE ruenessOE bireusingc1000 penitencea1200 rutha1200 after-charc1220 again-charc1220 ruesomenessa1225 ofthinkingc1225 forthinkinga1250 repentancec1300 penancea1325 pityc1330 compunctiona1340 agenbite1340 repentingc1350 athinking1382 contritionc1386 repentaillec1390 rueinga1400 remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410 conscience?a1425 remorsea1425 penitencya1500 penitudea1538 resipiscency?c1550 penancy?1567 resipiscence1570 repent1573 brokennessa1617 remorsefulnessa1617 synteresy1616 synderesis1639 heart-searching1647 synteresis1650 remordency1658 contriteness1692 resentment1705 penitentness1727 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 9858 (MED) A word he seyd of grete pite..‘Þurth mi sinne and mi desray Icham comen to mi last day.’ c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 292 I trowe at Troye whan Pirrus brak the wal..Nas herd swich tendre wepyng for pitee As in the chambre was for hir departynge. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 1206 (MED) Ouer þis hyul þis lote I laȝte For pyty of my perle enclyin. a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 705 (MED) I haue pite..of thys thynge That I shall saye..I ham aferde that Yrelonde wol be shente. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxxix. 132 We ought to..haue pyte and be shamefull of that that we haue done. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. F3v They..knock thy conscience, moouing pitie there. < as lemmas |
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