sympathize

sympathize
/sim"peuh thuyz'/, v.i., sympathized, sympathizing.
1. to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often fol. by with).
2. to feel a compassionate sympathy, as for suffering or trouble (often fol. by with).
3. to express sympathy or condole (often fol. by with).
4. to be in approving accord, as with a person or cause: to sympathize with a person's aims.
5. to agree, correspond, or accord.
Also, esp. Brit., sympathise.
[1580-90; < MF sympathiser, equiv. to sympath(ie) SYMPATHY + -iser -IZE]
Syn. 4. understand, approve, favor, back, support.

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