In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
(verb) be understanding of; “You don’t need to explain--I understand!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
empathise (third-person singular simple present empathises, present participle empathising, simple past and past participle empathised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of empathize.
• empathies
Source: Wiktionary
30 December 2024
(adjective) inappropriate to reality or facts; “delusive faith in a wonder drug”; “delusive expectations”; “false hopes”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.