kənˈdōl verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Late Latin condolēre, from Latin com- + dolēre to feel pain, grieve; akin to Latin dolare to hew, Greek daidalos ingeniously formed, Sanskrit dālayati he splits, causes to burst; basic meaning: to split, carve
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to sorrow much : grieve
2. : to express sympathetic sorrow : grieve in sympathy — usually used with with
condole with her distress of mind — W.S.Gilbert
we condole with you in your misfortune
transitive verb
archaic : to lament or grieve over : express one's sympathetic sorrow at (another's misfortune)
came … to condole the death of the late king — John Evelyn
often : to express formal regrets over