Sympathise

A Giaour that comes for reasons with which all can sympathise is a man and a brother. ❋ Mary Edith (1909)

To understand is not the same as to sympathise, that is why they are 2 different words: they have two different meanings. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Indeed, when we converse with a man with whom we can entirely sympathise, that is when there is a warm and intimate friendship, the cordial openness of such a commerce overbears the pain of a disagreeable sympathy, and renders the whole movement agreeable, but in ordinary cases this cannot have place. ❋ Rae, John, 1845-1915 (1895)

Slightly off topic: I love the way people think that claiming they don't own the rights to the video may make labels sympathise with them and let it be.

I'm getting so used to typing Lewis's spellings, I used the British form of "sympathise". ❋ Arevanye (2007)

i like feel very heart pain when see this. to sympathise is to feel sorry for them ❋ Unknown (2010)

He also asked India to "sympathise" with Pakistan's fight against terror as its army is fighting Taliban in the troubled northwest region bordering Afghanistan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr Blair said a tendency to "sympathise" with extremism was not only dangerous but also disempowering for moderate Muslims, because it made people resent them as much as extremists. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch-Brown has said anger over the financial crisis will mean people are more likely to "sympathise" with the hard-line G20 protesters. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, the appeal judges said many people would 'sympathise' with Miss Ladele's predicament. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I sympathise, and while there will be readers who question her figures, it shouldn't be assumed she's just asking for public subsidy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I sympathise with your position, but I like to keep my options open when I reasonably may. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But, nonetheless, I do find it very difficult to sympathise for the child. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I sympathise, but if not here then cuts need to be made elsewhere. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I sympathise with his poor wife who has to endure hearing on the national news that her husband is in love with another woman and is 'trying to get back in love' with her. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I sympathise but don't we all have at least 10 years of school experience from being at school? ❋ Norfolk Blogger (2009)

Not actually being what is considered "middle class" anymore, I can't say I sympathise with these people. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Meryl Streep's performance is amazing, her inflexible "dragon lady" is too hard to sympathise with, even though her quest is noble and right. ❋ Zombietron (2009)

I realise that [XXXX] is a true [geek], but I am only a geek sympathiser, so I cannot comment [on what] XXXX said. ❋ Grummash (2006)

[Fucking hell], not [another] [six string sympathiser]. ❋ Felixg11 (2020)

I [feel] [a need] to [sympathise] today. ❋ Aston White (2023)