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<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Condolatory</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*do"la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Expressing condolence.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Condole</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*dole"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Condoled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Condoling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>condolere</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>dolere</ets> to feel pain, grieve. See <er>Doleful</er>.]</ety> <def>To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by <i>with</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than <b>condole</b> with you. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Condole</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*dole"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To lament or grieve over.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>I come not, Samson, to <b>condole</b> thy chance. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Condolement</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*dole"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Condolence.</def> "A pitiful <i>condolement</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sorrow; mourning; lamentation.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Condolence</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*do"lence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>condol\'82ance</ets>.]</ety> <def>Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.</def>

<blockquote>Their congratulations and their <b>condolences</b>. <i>Steele.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A special mission of <b>condolence</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Condoler</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*dol"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who condoles.</def>

<h1>Condonation</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con`do*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>condonatio</ets> a giving away.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of condoning or pardoning.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated.</def>

<i>Bouvier. Wharton.</i>

<h1>Condone</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*done"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Condoned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Condoning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>condonare</ets>, <ets>-donatum</ets>, to give up, remit, forgive; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>donare</ets> to give. See <er>Donate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pardon; to forgive.</def>

<blockquote>A fraud which he had either concocted or <b>condoned</b>. <i>W. Black.</i></blockquote>

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