verb
identify with, sympathize, feel for, relate to, understand, put oneself in another's place, put oneself in another's shoes; see also sympathize.
See empathize in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To understand or be sensitive to another's feelings or ideas:
To associate or affiliate oneself closely with a person or group:
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