condole

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin condoleo, condolere (“to suffer with another”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊl

Verb

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.

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Latin

Verb

condolē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of condoleō
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