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sympathise

verb

Etymology

Borrowed from French sympathiser. By surface analysis, sympathy + -ise.

  1. borrowed from sympathiser

Definitions

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathize.

    • ‘[…] who is to hunt up my witnesses? All of them are sailors, drafted off to other ships, except those whose evidence would go for very little, as they took part, or sympathised in the affair. […]’
    • Dahl insisted there was no racist intent behind the Oompa Loompas but also said he found himself sympathising with the NAACP.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA