Definition of Sympathise

1. Verb. Share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of.

Exact synonyms: Sympathize
Generic synonyms: Experience, Feel
Derivative terms: Sympathiser, Sympathy, Sympathizer, Sympathy

2. Verb. To feel or express sympathy or compassion. "Sam and Sue sympathise"

3. Verb. Be understanding of. ; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

Definition of Sympathise

1. Verb. (chiefly British) (alternative spelling of sympathize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sympathise

1. [v -THISED, -THISING, -THISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sympathise

sympathectomy
sympathetic
sympathetic detonation
sympathetic detonations
sympathetic hyperactivity
sympathetic nervous system
sympathetic strike
sympathetic vibration
sympathetical
sympathetically
sympathetick
sympathetics
sympathies
sympathin
sympathins
sympathise (current term)
sympathised
sympathiser
sympathisers
sympathises
sympathising
sympathisingly
sympathist
sympathists
sympathize
sympathize with
sympathized
sympathizer
sympathizers
sympathizes

Literary usage of Sympathise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley (1857)
"We learn to sympathise with his very failings; they are but too natural, and place Paracelsus more upon a level with ordinary humanity. ..."

2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... or pleasure, we sympathise, and in whose welfare we take a kindly interest. Our retributive emotions are, of course, always reactions against pain, ..."

3. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... we sympathise, and in whose welfare we take a kindly interest. Our retributive emotions are, of course, always reactions against pain, or pleasure, ..."

4. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1880)
"... hope our English friends will sympathise with us in the movement, and help us to start the paper for the benefit of our ..."

5. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley (1857)
"We learn to sympathise with his very failings; they are but too natural, and place Paracelsus more upon a level with ordinary humanity. ..."

6. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... or pleasure, we sympathise, and in whose welfare we take a kindly interest. Our retributive emotions are, of course, always reactions against pain, ..."

7. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... we sympathise, and in whose welfare we take a kindly interest. Our retributive emotions are, of course, always reactions against pain, or pleasure, ..."

8. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1880)
"... hope our English friends will sympathise with us in the movement, and help us to start the paper for the benefit of our ..."

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