condole
to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed by with): to condole with a friend whose father has died.
Obsolete. to grieve with.
Origin of condole
1Other words from condole
- con·do·la·to·ry [kuhn-doh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /kənˈdoʊ ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- con·dol·er, noun
- con·dol·ing·ly, adverb
- un·con·do·la·to·ry, adjective
- un·con·doled, adjective
- un·con·dol·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with condole
- condole , console
Words Nearby condole
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How to use condole in a sentence
First, he would "improve the occasion" to the surviving relatives—condole and pray with them.
Mrs Fred was sitting in state, in the pomp of woe, to receive all the compassionate people who might come to condole with her.
The Doctor's Family | Mrs. (Margaret) OliphantHe could not have congratulated her in the one case, nor could he either congratulate her or condole with her on the other.
Phineas Finn | Anthony TrollopeThey then asked for licence to condole with Mary, and he answered he was well content.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France | Mary Croom BrownMrs. Alexander tip-toed in and immediately began to condole with him.
Polly and Her Friends Abroad | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
British Dictionary definitions for condole
/ (kənˈdəʊl) /
(intr foll by with) to express sympathy with someone in grief, pain, etc
Origin of condole
1Derived forms of condole
- condolatory, adjective
- condoler, noun
- condolingly, adverb
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