Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Compassionating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compassionate \Com*pas"sion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Compassionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassionating}.]
To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to
sympathize with.
Compassionates my pains, and pities me. --Addison.
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