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▪ I. † coˈmmiserate, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. commiserāt-us, pa. pple. of commiserāri: see next.]
Commiserating, pitying.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 176 Which this holy Father (with no little commiserate hart-bleeding) beholding, etc.
▪ II. commiserate, v.|kəˈmɪzəreɪt|
Also 7 comiserate, -at, -misserate.
[f. L. commiserāt- ppl. stem of commiserā-ri in same sense, f. com- + miserā-ri (ante- and post-class. -āre) to bewail, lament, pity, f. miser wretched, lamentable.]
1. trans. To feel, show, or express pity or compassion for (the wretched or unfortunate, or a misfortune); to bewail, pity, compassionate. Also absol.
1606Warner Alb. Eng. xiv. lxxxvi. (1612) 355 The valerous Romaine President, commiserating her. 1611Rich Honest. Age (1844) 59 Here is now a theft committed, and a direct breach of Gods commandement yet to be comiserated. 1633Heywood Eng. Trav. v. Wks. 1874 IV. 94, I know you all commiserate my losse. 1706Maule Hist. Picts in Misc. Scot. I. 35 This great victory..did move the Birtains more to commiserate than to fear. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. II. 93 His present Majesty..commiserating his case, restored him. 1858Holland Titcomb's Lett. vii. 126 Profoundly to be commiserated is that child who looks back upon his home as upon a prison house. 1871H. Ainsworth Tower Hill iii. xxvii, She did not exult in her rival's fall, but, on the contrary, commiserated her.
2. To express sympathy with, condole with.
1655Gouge Comm. Heb. ii. 18 It is expedient that Ministers of Gods Word be men of like passions with others..that so they may more commiserate others. 1708Ockley Saracens (1848) 406 Muslim..was the first that died on Hosein's side, and Hosein went and commiserated him at his last gasp. 1767Fordyce Serm. Yng. Wom. (ed. 4) II. xiii. 225 The aptitude..to commiserate and comfort.
3. intr. To sympathize or express sympathy with. (The only current usage.)
1926Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage 85/1 The late Emperor Francis Joseph, who commiserated with the imperial bird for that it had but a single head. The orthodox use of c. is transitive, & the OED gives no quotation showing with. 1931V. Sackville-West All Passion Spent ii. 167 They would commiserate now with her in being left alone. 1977Washington Post 7 Sept. c2/6 I have to commiserate with Evan Dobelle..over this one. 1984K. Hulme Bone People (1985) iii. 194 We commiserated with one another on our various hurts.
Hence coˈmmiserating vbl. n. and ppl. a.; coˈmmiseratingly adv., with commiseration.
a1638Mede Wks. i. xxxvii. (R.), What a gentle and commiserating judge God is. 1639Fuller Holy War v. ii. (1840) 245 The beholding of the Templars' torments..wrought in the people..a commiserating of their persons. 1827Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 127, I should feel something very like a commiserating sympathy. 1861G. Meredith Evan Harrington I. x. 184 ‘Poor Jack!’ Evan interjected commiseratingly. 1888Farjeon Miser Farebrother I. xi. 148 He gazed commiseratingly at Mr. Linton. |