Bible Dictionaries
Compassionate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable.

(2):

(a.) Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

(3):

(v. t.) To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Compassionate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/compassionate.html. 1828.