Sympathised

He wasn't just humouring me. Those were the eyes of someone who really understood my feelings and sympathised.

Everyone sympathised with her.

Tom sympathised.

To those who have sympathised in the energy and daring of earlier life, it seems marvellous to hear him mentioned in the gentle language of one of Madame de Sevigné's letters, where he is spoken of as a peculiarly mild and gentlemanlike old man, especially kind to the young, whose society he seemed to enjoy.