Condolatory
[kuh n-dohl] /kənˈdoʊl/
verb (used without object), condoled, condoling.
1.
to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed by with):
to condole with a friend whose father has died.
verb (used with object), condoled, condoling.
2.
Obsolete. to grieve with.
/kənˈdəʊl/
verb
1.
(intransitive) foll by with. to express sympathy with someone in grief, pain, etc
v.
late 15c., “to sorrow,” from Late Latin condolere “to suffer with another,” from com- “with” (see com-) + dolere “to grieve.” Meaning “to express condolences” is recorded from 1650s. Related: Condoled; condoling.
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