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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Condole \Con*dole"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condoled}; p. pr & vb n. {Condoling}.] [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See {Doleful}.] To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you --Sir W. Temple. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Condole \Con*dole"\, v. t. To lament or grieve over [R.] I come not Samson, to condole thy chance. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: condole v : express one's sympathetic grieve, as on the death of someone to his survivors From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: CONDOLE, v.i. To show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.
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