a. Obs. Also 4–6 -cient. [a. OF. compacient, -patient, ad. L. compatient-em, pr. pple. of compati to suffer with.] Suffering along with, sympathetic, compassionate.
1382. Wyclif, 1 Pet. iii. 8. In preyer be ȝe compacient [1388 eche suffringe with othere].
1513. Douglas, Æneis, I. ix. 69. Art thou nocht the ilk compacient Eneas?
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., II. 150. We haue not a Bishop that can not be compatient of our infirmities.
1646. Buck, Rich. III., 86. The same compatient and commorient fates and times.
