condole

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

  • From Latin condolere, "to suffer with another".

Pronunciation [edit]

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condole (third-person singular simple present condoles, present participle condoling, simple past and past participle condoled)

  1. To grieve.
  2. To express sympathetic sorrow; to lament in sympathy.
    • Sir W. Temple
      Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you.

Translations [edit]

to grieve
to express sympathetic sorrow, to lament

Anagrams [edit]

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

condolē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of condoleō
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