Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Commiserating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Commiserate \Com*mis"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Commiserated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commiserating}.] [L.
commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- +
miserari to pity. See {Miserable}.]
To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight Of
age, disease, or want, commiserate. --Denham.
We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. --Locke.
Syn: To pity; compassionate; lament; condole.
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