Condole

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Condole \Con*dole"\, v. t.
     To lament or grieve over. [R.]
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           I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Condole \Con*dole"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condoled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Condoling}.] [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel
     pain, grieve. See {Doleful}.]
     To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; --
     followed by with.
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           Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than
           condole with you.                        --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  condole
       v : express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of
           someone's death; "You must condole the widow"

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  CONDOLE, v.i.  To show that bereavement is a smaller evil than
  sympathy.