Definition of Sympathies

1. Noun. (plural of sympathy) ¹

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Definition of Sympathies

1. sympathy [n] - See also: sympathy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sympathies

symmorphic
symp.
sympathectomies
sympathectomy
sympathetic
sympathetic detonation
sympathetic detonations
sympathetic hyperactivity
sympathetic nervous system
sympathetic strike
sympathetic vibration
sympathetical
sympathetically
sympathetick
sympathetics
sympathies (current term)
sympathin
sympathins
sympathise
sympathised
sympathiser
sympathisers
sympathises
sympathising
sympathisingly
sympathist
sympathists
sympathize
sympathize with
sympathized

Literary usage of Sympathies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"jection that questions were я patent appeal to the sympathies Of the jury. 3. Evidence e=471 (14)— Testimony as to coherence of person's talk held not mere ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In 1593 Donne suffered for the first time some of that persecution which had pursued his family because of their Roman sympathies; his brother, Henry Donne, ..."

3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"The ambassador of Louis XIV made all imaginable endeavours, squandering great sums of money, to strengthen the French sympathies among the common people. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"The ambassador of Louis XIV made all imaginable endeavours, squandering great sums of money, to strengthen the French sympathies among the common people. ..."

5. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"sympathies between authors and painters.—Sir Joshua Reynolds—his character—his dinners.—The Literary Club—its members.—Johnson's revels with Lanky and Beau. ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"jection that questions were я patent appeal to the sympathies Of the jury. 3. Evidence e=471 (14)— Testimony as to coherence of person's talk held not mere ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In 1593 Donne suffered for the first time some of that persecution which had pursued his family because of their Roman sympathies; his brother, Henry Donne, ..."

8. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"The ambassador of Louis XIV made all imaginable endeavours, squandering great sums of money, to strengthen the French sympathies among the common people. ..."

9. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"The ambassador of Louis XIV made all imaginable endeavours, squandering great sums of money, to strengthen the French sympathies among the common people. ..."

10. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"sympathies between authors and painters.—Sir Joshua Reynolds—his character—his dinners.—The Literary Club—its members.—Johnson's revels with Lanky and Beau. ..."

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