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condole
What does condole mean?
condole (verb): to lament in sympathy with someone.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use condole in a sentence?
- She condoled with her father over the death of his mother. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce condole?
/kənˈdoʊl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does condole come from?
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin condolēre, the present active infinitive of condoleō (“to feel severe pain, suffer greatly; to suffer with or feel another’s pain, condole”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “condole” mean?
take revenge for a perceived wrong
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decrease in size, extent, or range
Not quite: that's what diminish means.
to lament in sympathy with someone
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to scatter in different directions
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