To empathize is defined as to have the feeling or understanding of what another person is thinking or feeling.(verb)
An example of to empathize is someone knowing how a depressed friend is feeling.
See empathize in Webster's New World College Dictionary
See empathize in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb em·pa·thized, em·pa·thiz·ing, em·pa·thiz·es
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