From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Condole \Con*dole"\, verb (used with an object) To lament or grieve over. [R.]
I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Condole \Con*dole"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Condoled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condoling}.] [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See {Doleful}.] To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.
Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. --Sir W. Temple.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death; "You must condole the widow"
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CONDOLE, v.i. To show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.
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