condole Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death
    • You must condole the widow

WordNet

Con*dole" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See Doleful.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Condoled ; present participle & verbal noun Condoling
Definitions
  1. To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.
    Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. Sir W. Temple.
Con*dole" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lament or grieve over. R.
    I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton.

Webster 1913