compatient

English

Etymology

From Latin compatients, present participle of compati. See compassion.

Adjective

compatient (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) suffering or enduring together
    • 1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third:
      the same compatient and commorient fates and times

References
  • compatient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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