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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
empathise .
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Examples
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Robertshaw empathises with the strikers, even though her family will be affected: My husband is having to work from home as our daughter will be off school, but I'm generally supportive of it.
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At the same time, Bergman empathises with Karin's husband, whose loving kindness to his sick wife only serves as a form of exclusion.
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He has often said he empathises with Murray, in style and temperament.
So does Andy Murray need a new coach or not? Kevin Mitchell 2010
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There are implications for contemporary foreign policy in either remaining with the Churchill-centric view of the 1930s or accepting a revisionist account which empathises with the challenges confronted by Chamberlain.
Archive 2009-08-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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There are implications for contemporary foreign policy in either remaining with the Churchill-centric view of the 1930s or accepting a revisionist account which empathises with the challenges confronted by Chamberlain.
Chamberlain and the pursuit of peace in an age of extremes Burke's Corner 2009
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Perhaps because he himself comes from the margins, he empathises with others who have been marginalised - often violently.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Israeli Activist to be Jailed for Caring 2009
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Perhaps because he himself comes from the margins, he empathises with others who have been marginalised - often violently. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Israeli Activist to be Jailed for Caring 2009
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It's not only in Britain and Greece that the BBC empathises with immigrants, legal and illegal BBC's word for them is 'migrants'- and is antipathetic to the host peoples; this propaganda also extends to, e.g.
OPEN THREAD 2009
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He won't say; he instead empathises with his father.
Johann Hari: Hanif Kureshi On The Couch: An Exclusive Interview With the Novelist and Screenwriter 2009
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He may be like Bill Clinton in that he empathises with people (I feel your pain).
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