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▪ I. compassionate, a.|kəmˈpæʃənət|
[latinized ad. F. compassionné, pa. pple. of compassionner to compassionate: see -ate2 3.]
1. a. Affected with, characterized by, or expressing compassion; pitiful, sympathetic.
1587Mirr. Mag. (1610) 687 As if that heau'n vpon our state below, Foreseeing our harmes, compassionate had beene. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. ii. iv. 217 My compassionate heart. a1620J. Dyke Worthy Commun. (1640) 139 Christ was compassionate, they are mercilesse. 1625Donne Serm. 3 Apr. 19 It is a fault..to bee too compassionate of an Heretique. 1683Burnet tr. More's Utopia 180 Tho they are compassionate to all that are sick. 1752Fielding Causes Increase Robbers, A..compassionate disposition. 1870–4Anderson Missions Amer. Bd. III. iv. 69 Compassionate persons interceded, and his condition was alleviated.
†b. Indicating compassion. Obs.
1692R. L'Estrange Josephus' Antiq. iv. viii. (1733) 94 Let there be a compassionate Remainder left for those that have nothing to eat of their own.
†c. ? Displaying sorrowful emotion; sorrowfully lamenting; or ? moving pity, piteous. Obs.
1593Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 174 It boots thee not to be compassionate, After our sentence, plaining comes too late.
d. Granted out of compassion, without legal or other obligation; of or pertaining to allowances, leave, etc., so granted.
1830Pensions of Widows 7 July in Coll. Warrants & Regs. Army on Finance (1844) 191 Allowances on the Compassionate List to the legitimate Children of deceased Officers may be given..provided it be shown..that they actually require assistance from the Compassionate Fund. Applications for Compassionate Allowances should specify the particulars pointed out in the Form annexed. 1942Airman's Guide to Rights & Duties i. v. 21 Compassionate Leave. This will be granted, on application, for special reasons, such as serious family illness or war damage to the airman's home. 1945E. Taylor At Mrs Lippincote's xxiii. 195, I can probably get you a couple of days extension on compassionate grounds. 1945E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited 8 In the company office there was a crop of minor charges and requests for compassionate leave.
†2. Fitted to excite compassion; pitiable, piteous. Obs.
1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 160 Compassionate cruelty. 1654Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warres Flanders 418 A most compassionate spectacle; for they were all so macerated with hunger, etc. 1732Neal Hist. Purit. I. 313 Their case was most compassionate, for they had wives and large families of children. 1767Colman Eng. Merchant v, Your case is truly a compassionate one.
†3. Sympathetic. (Cf. compassion n. 1.) Obs.
a1631Donne Problems xi. (L.), The nose is most compassionate with this part.
†4. as n. One who is compassionate. Obs. rare.
1602W. Watson Decacordon 190 Compassionates of our afflictions. Ibid. 268 True compassionates of their countries miseries.
▪ II. compassionate, v.|kəmˈpæʃəneɪt|
[f. prec. adj., or latinized ad. F. compassionn-er after analogy of verbs in -ate: cf. affectionate, and -ate3 6.]
trans. To regard or treat with compassion; to pity, commiserate (a person, or his distress, etc.).
1598Marston Pygmal. xxiv. 129 Pitty me, Compassionate my true loues ardencie. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 35 The sick, of the comfortless, are most to be compassionated. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 56 Men..naturally compassionate all..whom they see in distress. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 11 Countries whose political servitude the Americans justly compassionate.
absol.1632Massinger Maid Hon. i. i, May persuade you Not alone to compassionate, but to lend Your royal aids. |