sympathize

IPA: sˈɪmpʌθaɪz

(intransitive) To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.
(intransitive) To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action).
(transitive) To say in an expression of sympathy.
(intransitive) To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.
(transitive, obsolete) To share (a feeling or experience).
(intransitive) To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.

Examples of "sympathize" in Sentences

It takes a native to sympathize, which is why I go.
In this world, to understand and to sympathize is to be saddened.
The judges were not there to 'sympathize' they were they to interpret the LAW.
You know, don't torch me on this one, but I kind of sympathize with the baker.
Here Will is supposed to be the everyman, the character with whom we should sympathize, which is quite a bit to rest on his slim, bookish shoulders.
Outgoing National Police Commissioner Frank Short, a salty Australian expat, has publicly rebuked Rabuka for appearing to "sympathize" with the rebels.
His character just _will_ not shut up through the entire course of the movie, but you kind of sympathize with the motormouth response to everything going on around him.
Demons, hearing this word, thought it meant dayadhvam, meaning "sympathize" or "be compassionate"; in the Oriental context demons were not evil spirits but deities of the old matriarchal religion, who preached karuna, mother-love.
It says it can "sympathize" with the attempt to "decimate" Hamas and "wrest Gaza from its grip," despite much expert commentary that this would do more harm than good in the long run (especially since Hamas did win a democratic election).