symˈpathize or symˈpathise intransitive verb

1. To be in sympathy
2. To feel with or for another
3. To be compassionate
4. To be in accord, correspond

1. To be in sympathy, accord or harmony with
2. To combine harmoniously
3. To represent or understand sympathetically
4. Perh to affect all alike

symˈpathizer or symˈpathiser noun

sympatholytˈic adjective (medicine)

Inhibiting the action of the sympathetic nervous system

A drug which has this effect

sympathomimetˈic adjective (pharmacology)

Mimicking the action of the sympathetic nervous system

A drug which does this

sympathetic ink see under ink

sympathetic magic noun

Magic depending upon a supposed sympathy, eg between a person and his or her name or portrait, between rainfall and libations

sympathetic nervous system noun

1. A system of nerves supplying the involuntary muscles and glands, esp those originating from the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord
2. Sometimes also including those from the brain and the sacral region (the parasympathetic nervous system)

sympathetic string noun

A string on a musical instrument that is not struck itself, but resonates with strings that are actually bowed or plucked

sympathy strike or sympathetic strike noun

A strike in support of other workers, not in furtherance of the strikers' own claims

in sympathy (with)

In agreement (with), in support (of)