compassionate

Definition

Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).

Etymology

A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”).

Example Sentences

• "The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate"
• "As a compassionate Turcoyse which doth tell By looking pale, the wearer is not well,"
• "1675, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 574, […] there never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender, and compassionate."