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condole (iou)



condole verb. L16.
[Christian Latin condolere, formed as CON- + dolere suffer pain, grieve.]
I. verb intrans.
Sorrow greatly, grieve, lament. L16-M17.
R. Tofte For my Sinnes fore Heauen I do condole.
Grieve with; express sympathy with a person on a loss etc.; express condolence. L16.
H. Martineau Three quarters of her acquaintance came to condole. S. T. Warner Condole with her, and listen to her sorrows.
II. verb trans.
Grieve over, bewail, lament (a loss, misfortune, etc.); refl. grieve, lament. L16-L18.
S. Richardson A person..whose sufferings I condole.
Grieve with (a person); express commiseration of or sympathy with. L16-L18.
Addison They are comforted and condoled..by their fellow-citizens.
Express formal regret at (a bereavement etc.). Now rare. L16.
H. Ellis Elizabeth had sent to condole the death of Frederick the Second.
condolement noun (a) lamentation; (b) (an expression of) condolence: L16.
condoler noun E18.
condolingly adverb in a condoling manner, with condolence E18.