compassionate

compassionate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 39 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. [R.] Shak.
  2. 2.To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with. Compassionates my pains, and pities me. Addison.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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