单词 | compassive |
释义 | compassive, a.|kəmˈpæsɪv| [f. L. compass- ppl. stem of compati to suffer with (see compassion) + -ive.] Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic, compassionate, pitiful.
1612R. Sheldon Serm. St. Martin's 44 Any compassiue mind and heart..cannot but compassionate their wretched..seruitudes. 1612Shelton Quix. I. iii. v. 140 Murmuring somewhat..with a low and compassive voice. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Quality (1792) II. 191 But a-propos, my Lord, these same compassive acts against slander..have they yet passed into a law? a1860[see next]. |

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