condole

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Followed by with

   Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.

   • [A]n Ambaſſador ſent from a Prince, to congratulate, condole, or to aſſiſt at a ſolemnity, though the Authority be Publique, yet becauſe the buſineſſe is Private, and belonging to him in his naturall capacity; is a Private perſon.
   • […] I doubt Madam, your complaints ought to be turned into acknovvledgments, and your Friends vvould have cauſe to rejoyce rather than condole vvith you; […]
   • The hero having heard of his friend's death, immediately repaired to his mistress, to condole with her, and comfort her.
2. 2

   To express deep sorrow

   To express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament.

3. 3

   To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune)

   To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament.

   • Nay, compaſsion it ſelfe, comes to no great degree, if vvee haue not felt, in ſome proportion, in our ſelues, that vvhich vvee lament and condole in another.
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   1. 4

      To express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with (someone)

      To express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with (someone); to lament in sympathy with (someone).

      • Let vs condoll the knight: for lamkins vve vvill liue.
      • I not condole the dead, but thoſe vvho're living, / To vvhom the fear of death, gives cauſe of grieveing.
      • When in early days the sisters had gently condoled her upon her losses, they had been met with that majesty and stoicism of which Monsieur Papin had written. 'What will you ladies?' she had answered, shrugging her shoulders, 'it is Fate.'
   2. 5

      To express or feel sorrow for (oneself)

      To express or feel sorrow for (oneself); to bewail, to mourn.

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