sym´pa|thiz´ing|ly

sym´pa|thiz´ing|ly
sym|pa|thize «SIHM puh thyz», intransitive verb, -thized, -thiz|ing.
1. to feel or show sympathy: »

The girl sympathized with her little brother who had hurt himself.

SYNONYM(S): condole, commiserate.
2. to share in or agree with a feeling or opinion: »

My mother sympathizes with my plan to be a doctor.

3. to enjoy the same things and get along well together.
4. to respond sympathetically to some influence or to some disorder of the body.
[< French sympathiser < sympathie sympathy, learned borrowing from Latin sympathīa; see etym. under sympathy (Cf.sympathy)]
sym´pa|thiz´ing|ly, adverb.

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