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compassionated

compassionated is the simple past and past participle of compassionate.

Meaning of compassionate

Verb

compassionate (third-person singular simple present compassionates, present participle compassionating, simple past and past participle compassionated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.
    • […] seeing them die so wofully in the flames, he compassionated them.1602, G. Bishop et al., chapter 6, in Thomas Lodge, transl., The Famous and Memorable Workes of Josephus, London, page 733

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Words formed from compassionated

Questions about compassionated

What is compassionated the simple past and past participle of?
Compassionated is the simple past and past participle of compassionate.

Words near compassionated in the dictionary

  1. compassionate conservatism
  2. compassionate conservativism
  3. compassionate leave
  4. compassionate use
  5. compassionate uses
  6. compassionated
  7. compassionately
  8. compassionateness
  9. compassionater
  10. compassionaters
  11. compassionates

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