[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That condoles; expressing sympathy in sorrow.
1590. Shaks., Mids. N., I. ii. 43. A louer is more condoling.
1654. Ld. Orrery, Parthenissa (1676), 177. He sent it … with a condoling Letter.
1700. Blackmore, Job, 82. And by condoling words her love express.
a. 1720. Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.), Wks. (1753), I. 195. You, like officious and condoling friends, But more afflict that mind you would compose.
