empathize

To empathize is defined as to have the feeling or understanding of what another person is thinking or feeling.

(verb)

An example of to empathize is someone knowing how a depressed friend is feeling.

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See empathize in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb empathized, empathizing

to undergo or feel empathy (with another or others)

Origin: < empathy, after sympathize

See empathize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb em·pa·thized, em·pa·thiz·ing, em·pa·thiz·es
To feel or experience empathy: empathized with the striking miners.

Related Forms:

  • emˈpa·thizˌer noun

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