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verb (used without object)
1.
to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed by with): to condole with a friend whose father has died.
verb (used with object)
2.
Obsolete. to grieve with.
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condole
late 15c., "to sorrow," from L.L. condolere (see condolence). Meaning "to express condolences" is recorded from 1650s.
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