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compassionating

compassionating is the present participle and gerund 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 compassionating

Questions about compassionating

What is compassionating the present participle and gerund of?
Compassionating is the present participle and gerund of compassionate.

Words near compassionating in the dictionary

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

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