CONDOLING

Verb

condoling

present participle of condole

Noun

condoling (countable and uncountable, plural condolings)

Condolence.

Adjective

condoling (comparative more condoling, superlative most condoling)

Expressing condolence; sympathetic.

Source: Wiktionary


CONDOLE

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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