consolate

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English

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Etymology

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Latin consolatus, p.p. See console (transitive verb). Back-formation from disconsolate.

Adjective

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consolate (comparative more consolate, superlative most consolate)

  1. (obsolete) Comforted, consoled.
  2. (humorous) Not disconsolate; contented.
    • 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, section I:
      [O]ne morning, like Sir Leoline in Christabel, ‘he woke and found his lady dead,’ and remained a very consolate widower, with one small child.

Derived terms

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Verb

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consolate (third-person singular simple present consolates, present participle consolating, simple past and past participle consolated)

  1. (obsolete or nonstandard) To console; to comfort.

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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consolate

  1. inflection of consolare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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consolate f pl

  1. feminine plural of consolato

Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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cōnsōlāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of cōnsōlātus

Spanish

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Verb

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consolate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of consolar combined with te