condlet

An obsolete form of candle. condlert, n. An obsolete form of chandler. condolatory (kon-doʻla-to-ri), a. [Irreg. ppr. condoling. [F. condouloir (cf. Sp. condolerse, condolecerse = Pg. condoerse = It. condolers i, all refl.) = D. kondoleren = G. condoli ren = Dan. kondolere, Having remembered this place in its pristine beauty, I could not help condoling with him on its present ruinous situation. Goldsmith, Tenants of the Leasowes. Neighbors crowded round him to condole. Browning, Ring and Book, I. 79. II.t trans. 1. To commiserate personally; addre words of sympathy to, on account of distre or misfortune. Let us condole the knight. Shak., Hen. V., ii. 1. Each other's company le ened our sufferings, and was some comfort, that we might condole one another. R. Knox (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 348) 2. To lament or grieve over with another; expre sympathy on account of; lament. The first Thing he [Lord Leicester] did was to condole the late Q. Dowager's Death. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 5. IMG:content-1011.png:[blocks in formation] Why should our poet petition Isis for her safe delivery and afterward condole her miscarriage?