They weren't able to-to empathize the Martians, or whatever you call it.
"Duel on Syrtis"
Poul William Anderson
They empathize-that is, see through our eyes, feel with our fingertips-so that they perceive what we do.
"Breaking Point"
James E. Gunn
Nobly and decadently, he had spent many years chasing lurid themes and nasty girls merely because he, from personal experience, could empathize with innocence being snatched away by the hungry wolves of this world-or rather, the more complex commonality of not really being snatched by those fangs, but innocence, in the form of a thigh, being eagerly given to the waylaying wolves so that the whole body could survive.
"An Apostate: Nawin of Thais"
Steven Sills