empathize
verb
em·pa·thize
ˈem-pə-ˌthīz 
empathized; empathizing
: to experience empathy
empathized with his son's fears
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Commenters on the thread empathized with the dad's conundrum.
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Christian Dashiell, Parents, 25 Feb. 2025
This happens when partners actively listen, empathize and show interest in each other’s worlds.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Only the wealthiest resided in the inner city, made up the raja’s court, and decided the fate of the kingdom’s people—yet never ventured outside the sixty-foot-tall iron gate to mingle or empathize.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump empathized with Adams in public remarks, comparing the mayor’s legal woes to his own in criticizing the DOJ under the Biden administration as politicized.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Christian Dashiell, Parents, 25 Feb. 2025
This happens when partners actively listen, empathize and show interest in each other’s worlds.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Only the wealthiest resided in the inner city, made up the raja’s court, and decided the fate of the kingdom’s people—yet never ventured outside the sixty-foot-tall iron gate to mingle or empathize.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump empathized with Adams in public remarks, comparing the mayor’s legal woes to his own in criticizing the DOJ under the Biden administration as politicized.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Empathize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathize. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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empathize
intransitive verb
em·pa·thize
variants
or British empathise
empathized or British empathised; empathizing or British empathising
: to experience empathy
adults unable to empathize with a child's frustrations
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