em‧pa‧thize (
also empathise British English) /ˈempəθaɪz/
verb [intransitive] to be able to understand someone else’s feelings, problems etc, especially because you have had similar experiences ⇒
sympathizeempathize with
My mother died last year so I can really empathize with what he’s going through. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲