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condole.

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

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kənˈdəʊl/Received-Pronunciation/kənˈdoʊl/General-American
  1. Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.

    intransitive
    She condoled with her father over the death of his mother.
  2. To express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament.

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

    formal · often · transitive
  4. To express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with (someone); to lament in sympathy with (someone).

    obsolete · transitive
  5. To express or feel sorrow for (oneself); to bewail, to mourn.

    obsolete · reflexive · transitive
Where this word comes from

PIE word *ḱóm Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin condolēre, the present active infinitive of condoleō (“to feel severe pain, suffer greatly; to suffer with or feel another’s pain, condole”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several things) + doleō (“to suffer physical pain, hurt; to be sorry, grieve for, deplore, lament”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, split”)).

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