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empathize

verb as in identify with

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She and her husband empathized with their intended parents, who were coping with the sudden loss of tens of thousands of dollars.

He empathizes with people born in the 1940s who feel irrelevant, since even 20-year-olds now baffle him.

“I totally empathize with the founders who want to put everything else in their life on hold in order to do this,” he said.

Drivers tackling the madness of westside traffic leading to or from the tangled 405 Freeway will surely empathize with Buggy Bear who looks as if he’s one wrong turn away from having a traffic-induced meltdown.

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Even trying her best to empathize, she’s overbearing.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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