verb
- feeling or showing compassion; sympathizing with someone's suffering
Usage: present participle of 'compassionate' (verb); rare or literary usage
Examples
- She was compassionating with the refugees who had lost their homes.
- The nurse spent her day compassionating with patients in pain.
- He found himself compassionating toward those less fortunate than himself.
- They were compassionating with the victims of the disaster.
- The counselor was compassionating as she listened to their stories.