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condolēre [LL; some forms might be referred tocondolescere] 1 to condole, sympathize (with), feel compassion (for): a (w. dat. of sufferer); b (w. dat. of misfortune suffered); c (w. prep. or absol.). a languet frater et nos vere / facit sibi condolere Hil. Ronce. 11. 6; 1195 quis ‥ non ~eat columbe gementi? (Lit. Papae) Diceto YH 133; [Ecgwinus] miseris ~ebat, pauperes recreabat Chr. Evesham 13; 1227 audita egritudine vestra, plurimum vobis ~uimus et ‥ contristamur Pat 115; 1236 ad pastoris spectat officium his qui ignorant et errant ~ere Gros. Ep. 22; sic misereatur indigno ut semper homini ~eat Bracton 107b; 1378 ecclesie in fluctibus maris periclitanti ‥ ~entes FormOx 233; 1456 compatiuntur ~entque tibi Bekynton II 174.  b Gildas EB 1 (v. condelectare c); 799 paratus ‥ affectu passionis fraternis incommodis ~ere Alcuin Ep. 173; cujus infortunio non minus quam si ipse hoc pateretur ~ens Gosc. Mir. Iv. lxvi; cum perversos quosque Deus ‥ percutit, pereuntium miserie ~endum et justitie Judicis congaudendum Osb. Bawdsey clxxxi; tanto dolori illius non mediocriter ~ens et compatiens Gir. GE II 11 p. 219; s1234 regis et regni desolationi ~entes Wend. III 75; c1390 quis ‥ sue matris doloribus ‥ non ~eret? FormOx 192.  c †948 (13c) non modicum ~ui et compassus sum ‥ pro depopulatione ecclesie CS 872; s1108 super ejus [monasterii] dejectione magno compassionis dolore ~uit Ric. Hex. Hist. Hex. II 7; 1181 plurimum ~entes de adversitate et desolatione terre Jerosolimitane (Lit. Papae) G. Hen. II I 275; 1202 quanto de inpotencia nostra ab universis singularius erat ~endum Pat 18a; quatinus ‥ ex suorum dolore disceret ~ere G. Cold. Durh. 18; c1370 ~endo ostendit illam pestilenciam futuram propter peccatum (J. Bridl. Gl.) Pol. Poems I 206. 2 (trans.) to regret, deplore. ~ens ipsius excidium G. Mon. VIII 9; nulla interim dies preteribat quin [J. Cesar] fugam suam Britonumque victoriam ~eret [G. Mon. IV 5: recoleret] M. Par. Maj. I 73; humani generis inimicus, ~ens pacem inter filios pacis sic firmatam Meaux III 240.

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