COMPASSIONATE

a. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful. There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. South.

2.
a.

Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. [R.] Shak.

3.
v.

To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with. Compassionates my pains, and pities me. Addison.