Main Entry: sym·pa·thize

Pronunciation: \ˈsim-pə-ˌthīz\

Function: intransitive verb

Inflected Form(s): sym·pa·thized; sym·pa·thiz·ing

Date: 1600

1 : to be in keeping, accord, or harmony
2 : to react or respond in sympathy
3 : to share in suffering or grief : commiserate <sympathize with a friend in trouble>; also : to express such sympathy
4 : to be in sympathy intellectually <sympathize with a proposal>

— sym·pa·thiz·er noun