Definition of pities:
(n) :
(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
(v) :
(transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).
(n) :
(countable) Something regrettable.
(v) :
(transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
(n) :
(obsolete, Early Modern) Piety.