compassionate
To feel compassion; to regard with compassionTo feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.
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Translations
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Meaning
1 senses(archaic)To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.
bemitleiden
сострада́тьsostradátʹ, сочу́вствоватьsočúvstvovatʹ
- share the suffering of
Origin
Pseudo-Latinism, derived from a pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participlePseudo-Latinism, derived from a pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“to feel sorry for”). By surface analysis, compassion + -ate.
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Forms
compassionates, compassionating, compassionated, compassionatedregular · Lesson
| Base form | compassionate · to compassionate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | compassionates |
| Present participle | compassionating |
| Past simple | compassionated |
| Past participle | compassionated |
Tenses
compassionate · compassionated · will compassionate · have compassionatedPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Synonyms
12 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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