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Webster 1913 Edition
Commiserate
Com-mis′er-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Commiserated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Commiserating
.] To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight
Of age, disease, or want,
Of age, disease, or want,
commiserate
. Denham.
Syn. – To pity; compassionate; lament; condole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Commiserate
COMMISERATE
, v.t.1.
To pity; to compassionate; to feel sorrow, pain or regret for another in distress; applied to persons.We should commiserate those who groan beneath the weight of age, disease or want.
2.
To regret; to pity; to be sorry for; as, to commiserate our mutual ignorance.