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Definition of "condole" [con•dole]

  • To express sympathy or sorrow: I condoled with him in his loss. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "condole" in a sentence
  • "The word "condole" made me strong; for now I do not think I am suffering at all."
  • "Let me condole the believed family, however history will remember Bongo as a man who ruined his own country and ruled with an Iron hand."
  • "When we went to Nagaa Hammady we were not rioting or calling for riot as they falsely accused us; the purpose of our visit was to condole our fellow Copts and to strengthen the same national unity that they claimed that we were damaging."