The Collaborative International Dictionary
Condole \Con*dole"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling.] [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See Doleful.] To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.
Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than
condole with you.
--Sir W.
Temple.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: condole)
Usage examples of "condoled".
When I saw her she condoled with me ironically on the mishap that had befallen my friend.
As soon as he saw me he condoled with me in a loud voice for what had happened.
I was listened to, condoled with, and comforted with the remark that he would certainly be obliged to return to his house at night, and then he could not help hearing what I had to say.
I was condoled with on my swollen hand, and I told the story of my duel.
Then they condoled him upon the evil plight of his nose, and seeing some marks upon his shirt, asked with seeming concern, if he had lost any blood in the fray?
This was a mortifying declaration to the plaintiff, though he condoled himself with the hope of being a gainer by the loss of his eye, and now the pain was over would have been very sorry to find his sight retrieved.
Jarndyce said that he condoled with him with all his heart and that he set up no monopoly himself in being unjustly treated by this monstrous system.
Now when the tyrant had arrived at Hell-Gate Hill, with his old friend Incredulity, they immediately descended the den, and having there with their fellows for a while condoled their misfortune and great loss that they sustained against the town of Mansoul, they fell at length into a passion, and revenged they would be for the loss that they sustained before the town of Mansoul.
In his way he met his old friend Black George, who heartily condoled with him on his misfortune.