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Com"pass*ing (?), a.
(Shipbuilding) Curved; bent; as, compassing
timbers.

Com*pas"sion (?), n. [F., fr. L.
compassio, fr. compati to have compassion; com-
+ pati to bear, suffer. See Patient.]
Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow
excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity;
commiseration.

Womanly ingenuity set to work by womanly
compassion.

Macaulay.

Syn. -- Pity; sympathy; commiseration; fellow-feeling;
mercy; condolence. See Pity.

Com*pas"sion, v. t. To
pity. [Obs.] Shak.

Com*pas"sion*a*ble (?), a.
Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [R.]
Barrow.

Com*pas"sion*ate (?), a.
1. Having a temper or disposition to pity;
sympathetic; merciful.


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