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empathizing

[em-puh-thahyz]

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verb (used without object), -thized, -thiz·ing.

to experience empathy (often followed by with): His ability to empathize with people made him an excellent marriage counselor.

Also, especially British, em·pa·thise.

Origin:
1920–25; empath(y) + -ize

Can be confused: empathize, sympathize.

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empathize

1924, in psychology, from empathy + -ize.

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empathize em·pa·thize (ěm'pə-thīz')
v. em·pa·thized, em·pa·thiz·ing, em·pa·thiz·es
To feel empathy in relation to another person.

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"The knowledge that you were beaten and that this, as your parents tell you, was for your own good may well be retained (although not always), but the suffering caused by the way you were mistreated will remain unconscious and will later prevent you from empathizing with others. This is why battered children grow up to be mothers and fathers who beat their offspring"

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