Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death;
- Example: "You must condole the widow"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Condole \Con*dole"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condoled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Condoling.] [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel
pain, grieve. See Doleful.]
To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; --
followed by with.
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Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than
condole with you. --Sir W.
Temple.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Condole \Con*dole"\, v. t.
To lament or grieve over. [R.]
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I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
condole
v 1: express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of
someone's death; "You must condole the widow"
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
CONDOLE, v.i. To show that bereavement is a smaller evil than
sympathy.