*2 : the [[action]] of [[understanding]], being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the [[feelings]], [[thoughts]], and [[experience]] of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully [[communicate]]d in an objectively explicit [[manner]]; also : the capacity for this | *2 : the [[action]] of [[understanding]], being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the [[feelings]], [[thoughts]], and [[experience]] of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully [[communicate]]d in an objectively explicit [[manner]]; also : the capacity for this |