condolev.
/kənˈdəʊl/, U.S. /kənˈdoʊl/ I. intransitive.† 1. To sorrow greatly, grieve, lament. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (intransitive)]
sorroweOE
meaneOE
careOE
mournOE
ofthink?c1225
to make sorrow?c1250
to make languorc1300
bemoanc1305
plainc1325
moanc1330
wailc1330
waymentc1350
complainc1374
to make syte?a1400
sweam14..
lamentc1515
bemournc1540
regratec1550
to sing sol-fa, sorrow, woe1573
condole1598
passion1598
deplore1632
ochone1829
rune1832
c1460 Play Sacram. 746 Wt Condolent harte & grete sorowyng.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos (1890) xxii. 78 Swete charite condolaunt ouer them that ben affliged.]
1598 R. Tofte Diuine Poems in Alba sig. H4 For my Sinnes fore Heauen I do condole.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 23 That will aske some teares in the true performing of it..I will condole, in some measure. View more context for this quotation
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iii. 94 We cannot but condole, that the same persons were afterwards poisoned with hereticall opinions.
2.
a. To grieve with; to express sympathy with another in his affliction. (The only extant use.)
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the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > sympathize with > express sympathy with
moan1581
condole1588
collachrymate1593
commiserate1598
condolea1603
sympathize1748
a1603 Queen Elizabeth Let. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (O.H.S.) II. 189 We..have dispatched this Gentleman..to condole with you in the sense of your Love.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 15 To condole with them in their sufferings.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 114. ⁋1 I contented myself to sit by him, and condole with him in Silence.
1784 W. Cowper Let. 6 Nov. (1981) II. 294 To condole with you on the death of a Mother aged 87 would be absurd.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 158 A man who writes a touching and pathetic letter condoling with a friend on the loss of his wife.
b. absol. To express condolence or sympathy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity or compassion [verb (intransitive)] > sympathize > express sympathy
to give the pesame1622
condole1651
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiii. 126 An Ambassador sent..to congratulate, condole, etc.
1777 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 135 The tories are very eager to congratulate. It was not handsome of them not to condole on the ill-successes of last year.
1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. vi. 109 Three quarters of her acquaintance came to condole.
II. transitive. Obsolete.† 3. To grieve over, bewail, lament (misfortune).† 5. To grieve with (a sufferer); to express one's commiseration of or sympathy with. Obsolete. (Now supplied by 2.)† 6. reflexive. To bewail oneself; to mourn. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)]
sorroweOE
meaneOE
bemournOE
mournOE
bemoanc1000
ofthink?c1225
bequeatha1325
moana1325
plain1340
wail1362
bewailc1374
complainc1374
waymenta1400
grievec1400
sorrowa1425
regratec1480
lament1535
deplore1567
dole1567
condole1607
pine1667
rave1810
1607 S. Hieron Back-parts of Iehouah in Wks. (1620) I. 179 How tender-hearted the Lord is, and how he doth..condole our miseries.
1635 T. Cranley Amanda xlix. 32 A grieved soule, That with repentance doth his sinnes condole.
1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 496 He..somtimes would lamentably condole him, being slain.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xxii. 85 A person..whose sufferings I condole.
1788 New London Mag. 9 His death was no less pleasing to one party than it was condoled by the other.
4. To express (formally) one's sympathetic regret at (a misfortune).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > sympathize with > express regret at (a misfortune)
condole1596
1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. ix. 346 The Venetians Generall, sent the steward of his house thither to condole the late deceased Marchionesse death.
1685 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 332 They are sending hither ambassadors to condole the death of the late king.
1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 329 He was sent..to congratulate King George the Second, and condole with him the death of his father.
1827 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. 2nd Ser. III. 143 (note) Elizabeth had sent to condole the death of Frederick the Second.
1969 Hindusthan Standard (Calcutta) 5 Aug. 6/4 Students..passed a resolution condoling the death of Mr. Prakash Podder.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > sympathize with > express sympathy with
moan1581
condole1588
collachrymate1593
commiserate1598
condolea1603
sympathize1748
1588 D. Rogers in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. III. 151 Others which have condoled and congratulated the yonge Kinge.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. i. 122 Let vs condoll the knight.
1661 Petit. for Peace 4 They..must either incur these sufferings, or condole them that undergo them.
1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 3. ⁋4 They are comforted and condoled..by their fellow-citizens.
1779 Duchess of Devonshire Sylph I. 6 They condoled me on my misfortune.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (reflexive)]
meana1225
plainc1330
complainc1385
waymentc1450
condole1592
lament1749
1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond 17 Condole thee here, clad all in black Despair.
1710 Tatler No. 222 It would be impossible..to condole himself long in that Situation, without really dying for his Mistress.
1767 Babler I. 4 Should I fail in the attempt, I must condole myself with a line of my friend Horace.
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