compassionableadj.
Now rare or Obsolete.† 1. actively. Inclined to compassion; pitiful, compassionate. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > pitying or compassionate
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compassionable1548
compassioned?1578
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eleemosynous?1590
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1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Compassioneuole, pitifull or compassionable.
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels To Rdr. 4 Our compassionable care to profit..the parties.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 188 Some compassionable Greekes..relieued me.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 15 With a no lesse ardent than compassionable affection.
2. Deserving or exciting compassion, pitiable.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective]
armlyeOE
unseelyOE
rulyOE
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1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 14 My case being but too compassionable.
1751 E. Carter Rambler No. 100. ⁋1 The case of these truly compassionable objects.
1833 C. Lamb Barrenness Imaginative Faculty in Last Ess. Elia 184 Half-ludicrous, but more than half-compassionable and admirable errors.
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