Compassionate \Com*pas"sion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compassionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassionating}.] To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.
Compassionates my pains, and pities me. --Addison.
Instead he holds up a mirror to the world of letters, one that is truthful and compassionate, in just the same way that his fiction has always reflected the hopes, aspirations and disappointments of his other world, that of middle America.
On Wednesday, Gadhafi called for the release of Ms. Valente as a compassionate measure on the occasion of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan, which ends in late April.
"A Christmas CArol" (1938): A compassionate look at Scrooge, starring Reginald Owen and GEne Lockhart.
I always knew he was a very compassionate person." Mrs. Denham, his relative, agrees.
Souter said the remark was "kind of a statement of math." Souter's response stood out in part because the bookish bachelor has taken great pains in the hearings to portray himself as compassionate and aware of a broad range of human concerns.
A clear, compassionate emotionality informs his best and most distinctive work.
It's time we fashioned our political processes to the human capacity for meaningful and compassionate association.
She said President Bush made the move as a compassionate gesture.
In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
He explained that the doctor in charge of the unit believes smoking may be "vital to each patient's care." Smoking in the rest of the hospital is banned, except in cases where "compassionate use" is allowed by a doctor.
Several performances also stand out, especially Ms. Plunkett's compassionate and believable Elizabeth.
Saying he admires Mr. Jaffe, he added, "Frank is not only warm, compassionate and intelligent; he is one of the best executives in the industry and has been for a long time."
Under current rules, patients can receive experimental medicines under a special compassionate plea program administered by the FDA, but companies can't charge for those products.
He is remembered by many as a humble and compassionate man.
It was extraordinary, compassionate human solidarity." Dincea, who specializes in child psychology, said the children have fared better in the emotional upheaval of the revolution.
A cancer patient will take two smokes off a marijuana cigarette and that's all he needs." The government provides marijuana for free in some cases when the Food and Drug Administration approves use of the drug for "compassionate" medical purposes.
The FDA said at least 24 "compassionate" applications have been approved since the first in 1976, and some covered more than one patient.
'Above all we need to build a compassionate Labour party which serves the needs of all New Zealanders.' A row over remarks by Mr Paul Keating, Australia's prime minister, about his Malaysian counterpart, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, shows signs of worsening.
Both gaze imploringly at the compassionate lady who drops a coin into the outstretched helmet.
In a speech Friday, Fauci called for the "compassionate distribution" of trial drugs to ineligible applicants.
"The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946): William Wyler's compassionate look at returning vets.
The ads, inviting telephone calls and participation in group sessions, stress the gentler, compassionate side of the church. Similar programs have also been used in Boston and Cincinnati.
Moldovsky called the sentence "unusually compassionate and brilliant." But Assistant District Attorney Roger King, who characterized Graham as a "serial killer" during the trial, questioned the legality of the order.
"It goes a long way in calling for a rational, compassionate, practical response to the AIDS epidemic, which we are yet to have in this country," said Rene Durazzo of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Furthermore, "compassionate use" conflicts with the manufacturer's FDA-mandated efforts to put patients into double-blind tests, in which some patients get the drug and some get a useless placebo.
In such districts, the Moslem Brotherhood runs cheap yet effective clinics where doctors and nurses show themselves to be kind, compassionate, honest - in a word, to be good Moslems.
In what was interpreted as a call for compassionate treatment of the subject in local news media, Castillo Claramount said: "I ask for a minimal expression of humanity, of charity.
In the name of Allah, the merciful, the compassionate.
"Hank was courageous, compassionate and had knowledge we all seek but seldom gain," said former Gov. Mike O'Callaghan, chairman of the board of the Sun.
"We spend vast amounts on a compassionate effort to save sick children when we could spend far less to assure they are born healthy," said a report of the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality.