单词 | commiserate |
释义 | commiserateadj. rare before 19th cent. Full of or characterized by commiseration; pitying; sympathetic, compassionate. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > showing or expressing commiserate1593 commiserantc1606 commiserating1609 commiserative1614 commiserable1618 compassionating1635 compassioning1830 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 86 Which this holy Father (with no little commiserate hart-bleeding) beholding, commanded all the Clergie..to assemble in prayer and supplications. 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford (1833) xxii. 279 A commiserate landlord, a warm potation, and the promise of excellent beds. 1873 L. Wallace Fair God (1886) iv. vii. 243 While the commiserate princess observed him, he raised his eyes. 1935 F. Niven Flying Years ii. 24 Standing at the bed-foot was the doctor, a commiserate man, pity in his bearing. 1988 B. Sidhwa Ice-candy-man i. 9 I..soak in the commiserate clucking of tongues, wearing a polite and nonchalant countenance. 2010 R. T. Sion Aldous Huxley & Search for Meaning iv. 152 Finding in Helmholtz Watson a commiserate companion..he pours his heart out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). commiseratev. 1. transitive. To feel, show, or express pity or compassion regarding (a person's misfortune, distress, or adverse circumstances); (later also in weakened use) to express sympathy or condolences for (a person's misfortune, etc.). Also: to bemoan or lament (something distressing or undesirable). Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > show pity or compassion to tender1442 commiserate1587 compassion1594 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1373/2 [Francis Throckmorton] It may please your maiestie to commiserate the lamentable estate of me now the most miserable of all your maiesties subiects. 1614 B. Rich Honestie of Age 43 Here is now a theft committed, & a direct breach of Gods commandement, yet to be comiserated. 1652 C. Manuche Bastard v. iv. 75 May heav'n commiserate Thy sadnesse, and protect thee. 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Bv Virgil never made use of such Machines, when he was moving you to commiserate the Death of Dido. 1755 B. Franklin Let. 2 Nov. in Papers (1963) VI. 234 I sincerely commiserate the Distress of your Outsettlers. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 93 His present Majesty..commiserating his case, restored him. 1842 Sailor's Mag. Jan. 158/1 He was a pious and benevolent man, who deeply commiserated the fate of the wretched supplicant. 1888 J. Harris tr. D. Owen Rhys Lewis xxix. 254 He was chock full of natural talent; a fact which made me commiserate his absence from the right path. 1919 V. Woolf Night & Day (1920) xxxiii. 481 A tenderness in her voice that seemed to commiserate the sufferings of humanity. 2010 J. Morgan Little Folly x. 141 Sophie and Tom treated her with great fondness and indulgence,..commiserating her small ailments. 2. transitive. To feel, show, or express pity or compassion for (a person); to take pity on. Later also in weakened use: to offer (a person) commiserations or condolences; to express sympathy for (a person). Also: to feel, show, or express pity, compassion, sympathy, etc., for (a person) on, for, etc. (a misfortune or adverse circumstance). Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > sympathize with > express sympathy with moan1581 condole1588 collachrymate1593 commiserate1598 condolea1603 sympathize1748 1598 L. A. tr. M. Martínez Seuenth Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood xiv. sig. Zv Greatly doe I commisserate this Knight [Sp. gran lastima me ha hecho este cauallero] to see with what crueltie his loue his repayd. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (ii. 18) i. 255 It is expedient that Ministers of Gods Word be men of like passions with others..that so they may more commiserate others. 1681 Treason made Manifest 4 He..began to commiserate him for the hard usage he had suffered, since his adhearing to the Protestant Intrest. 1718 S. Ockley Hist. Saracens II. 206 Hosein went and commiserated him at his last Gasp. 1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 247/1 We..pray, that your excellency would commiserate his majesty's truly loyal subjects..under their deplorable circumstances. 1858 J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. vii. 126 Profoundly to be commiserated is that child who looks back upon his home as upon a prison house. 1876 H. James Let. 24 Dec. (1975) II. 88 You needn't commiserate me for my Tribune cessation, as it was only two days since that I received payment for my last letters. 1915 T. Dreiser Genius xxx. 394 Eugene remembered commiserating him once on having to get up at four A.M. in order to take a train. 1991 A. Chaudhuri Strange & Sublime Addr. (1992) xiii. 122 It was as if they were congratulating him rather than commiserating him. 3. intransitive. To feel, show, or express pity, compassion, or sympathy; to offer commiserations. Now also (with plural subject): to sympathize with one another. ΚΠ 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. iii. sig. E3 I am forfeited to eternall disgrace, if you doe not commiserate. Good officer bee not so officious. View more context for this quotation 1678 F. W. in Wits led by Nose Prol. sig. A3 They to commiserate, not hate, were born. 1706 Hist. Picts (ESTC T142053) ix. 46 This great Victory..did move the Britains more to Commiserate than to fear. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xii. 265 The aptitude..to commiserate and comfort. 1821 J. D. Dwyer tr. G. Lucchesini Hist. Causes & Effects Confederation Rhine i. 3 When slow and sad experience had taught them the mistake they had committed, there was not one to commiserate. 1867 Christian Treasury Dec. 589/2 Jesus pleads for us, whilst He commiserates. 1935 M. D. Anderson Medieval Carver vi. 108 The fable of the lion's feigned sickness when he devoured all the creatures who came to commiserate. 1988 M. Brodsky X in Paris 31 I tried..to look as if I not only understood but commiserated heartily, appalledly. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Jan. ix. 2/1 Thousands of black rock fans..discuss bands, commiserate about their outsider status and share tips on how to maintain their frohawk hairstyles. 4. intransitive. To sympathize or condole with a person.Now the most common sense. ΚΠ 1777 J. Thistlethwaite Child of Misfortune II. xix. 145 What can afford more grateful sensations to the human heart than when commiserating with the children of affliction? 1808 Let. 13 Mar. in J. Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. 18th Cent. (1818) III. 117 Having no friends on board to commiserate with him on his sufferings. 1873 P. Gilmore Adventures Afloat & Ashore II. viii. 189 Many commiserated with me, and were kind. 1931 V. Sackville-West All Passion Spent ii. 167 They would commiserate now with her in being left alone. 1984 K. Hulme Bone People (1985) iii. 194 We commiserated with one another on our various hurts. 2005 Los Angeles Apr. 72/2 They [sc. dogs] frolic with us when we're happy, commiserate with us when we're blue, and climb into our bed each night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1593v.1587 |
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