Definition of "sympathize" []

• To feel or express compassion, as for another's suffering; commiserate. (verb-intransitive)
• To share or understand the feelings or ideas of another: sympathized with the goals of the committee. (verb-intransitive)
• To be in accord; correspond. (verb-intransitive)

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• "It takes a native to sympathize, which is why I go."
• "In this world, to understand and to sympathize is to be saddened."
• "Here Will is supposed to be the everyman, the character with whom we should sympathize, which is quite a bit to rest on his slim, bookish shoulders."