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▪ I. sympathizing, vbl. n.|ˈsɪmpəθaɪzɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb sympathize, q.v., in various senses.
1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 81 Among the hidden secrets of nature, that of sympathizing is one of the truest. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 145 If I am in any trouble, it only proceeds from sympathizing in those disasters you were fallen into. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. 362 A universal union, coherence, or sympathizing of things. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xxii, An old gentlewoman, under pretence of sympathizing, visited me.
▪ II. ˈsympathizing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That sympathizes, in various senses.
†1. Being similarly affected, or having an affinity, with something else: see sympathize 1, 2. Obs.
a1628Sir J. Beaumont To Prince Charles 52 And feele their strokes with sympathyzing brests. 1635Swan Spec. Mundi vi. (1643) 290 The sympathizing Turcois true doth tell, By looking pale the wearer is not well. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. (1821) 210 That sympathizing and symbolizing complexion of their own bodies with some other bodies without them.
2. Feeling sympathy; sympathetic: see sympathize 4.
1683Norris Passion of Saviour 162 So long the sympathising sun his light withdrew, And wonder'd how the stars their dying Lord could view. 1737Gentl. Mag. Sept. 567/1 Fain would my sympathizing breast extend A world of comfort to an unknown friend. 1746Hervey Medit. (1767) I. 21 Feeling some Touches of sympathizing Concern. 1755Doddridge Hymn, ‘Father of mercies, send thy grace’ ii, O may our sympathizing breasts That generous pleasure know, Promptly to share in others' joy, And weep for others' woe. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 177 To New England, where he was likely to find sympathising friends. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xx. 417 With sympathizing hearts the little band..assisted the bereaved husband in burying his dead.
Hence ˈsympathizingly adv., in a sympathizing way, sympathetically.
1840Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) I. 288 To enter sympathizingly into the peculiar feelings which pervade them [sc. De Vigny's writings]. 1876Fam. Herald 2 Dec. 66/2 ‘You do look seedy’, said Algy, sympathisingly. |