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compassionates

compassionates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Questions about compassionates

What is compassionates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Compassionates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compassionate.

Words near compassionates in the dictionary

  1. compassionated
  2. compassionately
  3. compassionateness
  4. compassionater
  5. compassionaters
  6. compassionates
  7. compassionateth
  8. compassionating
  9. compassionator
  10. compassionators
  11. compassioned

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