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Definition of Compassionated
1. compassionate [v] - See also: compassionate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compassionated
| compast compatability compatable compaternities compaternity compatibilisation compatibilised |
Literary usage of Compassionated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"... yet he had assiduously applied to Read- & study & made laudable Proficiency,
we compassionated him & gave him a degree. MR. HOLMES' ORDINATION. ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover by Doran (John) (1875)
"Reception of Sophia at the Court of Ernest Augustus—Similar position of Marie
Antoinette and Sophia—Misfortune of the abigail Use—Compassionated by the ..."
3. The Life of Frederic the Second, King of Prussia by George Agar-Ellis Dover (1832)
"HIS SITUATION MUCH Compassionated BY THE ARMY. UNSUCCESSFUL PLANS OF SEVERAL
OFFICERS TO DELIVER HIM. 1 HE governors of Frederic, the Count Finken- stein ..."
4. The Essential Faith of the Universal Church: Deduced from the Sacred Records by Harriet Martineau (1833)
"Those who are mourned over, reproached, entreated, compassionated, because they
will not accept freedom and peace, are spoken of as excluded by their own ..."
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