compassionating, ppl. a.
(kəmˈpæʃəneɪtɪŋ)
[f. compassionate v. + -ing2.]
That compassionates; pitying.
| 1635 A. Stafford Fem. Glory (1869) 137 Her tender compassionating Heart. a 1711 Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 223 With a compassionating Zeal. |