Meaning

• Of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy

  "John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look."

• Relating to similarity

  "Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence."

• Relating to the sympathetic nervous system

  "Sympathetic innervation involves epinephrine."

• Relating to sounds induced by vibrations conveyed through a fluid or gas from a body already in vibration.

• Of magic, a supernatural connection or power resulting from two items having the same form or some other correspondence.