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Definition of Sympathetic

Sympathetic Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing. Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy. Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy. Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber. Related Definitions: Applied, As, Branches, By, Expressive, Fiber, Form, From, Inclined, It, Modified, Nerve, Nervous, Of, On, Or, Part, Particularly, Produced, Relating, Saliva, Salivary, See, Some, Stimulation, Sympathetic, Sympathizing, Sympathy, System, The, To

Sympathetic Quotations How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. George Washington Carver Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding? Pablo Picasso No one who knows my personal situation would think I am not sympathetic to the needs of the active forces. Kit Bond I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up. Elia Kazan At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving. Woodrow Wilson

Sympathetic Translations sympathetic in Dutch is sympathiek, innemend, zielsverwant sympathetic in Swedish is tilltalande, sympatisk

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