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CONDOLE
condole
(verb) express one’s sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone’s death; “You must condole the widow”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
condole (third-person singular simple present condoles, present participle condoling, simple past and past participle condoled)
(intransitive) To express sympathetic sorrow; to lament in sympathy (with someone on something).
(transitive) To condole with (someone).
(transitive) To say in an expression of sympathy.
(transitive, obsolete) To lament, grieve, bemoan (something).
Anagrams
• cold one
Source: Wiktionary
Con*dole", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling.] Etym: [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See Doleful.]
Definition: To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with. Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. Sir W. Temple.
Con*dole", v. t.
Definition: To lament or grieve over. [R.] I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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