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Sympathize \Sym"pa*thize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sympathized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Sympathizing}.] [F. sympathiser. See
{Sympathy}.]
1. To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.
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The mind will sympathize so much with the anguish
and debility of the body, that it will be too
distracted to fix itself in meditation.
--Buckminster.
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2. To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be
affected by feelings similar to those of another, in
consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.
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Their countrymen . . . sympathized with their heroes
in all their adventures. --Addison.
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3. To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize. --Dryden.
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Sympathize \Sym"pa*thize\, v. t.
1. To experience together. [Obs.] "This sympathized . . .
error." --Shak.
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2. To ansew to; to correspond to. [Obs.] --Shak.
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