Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To comfort; console.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To console; to comfort.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To console; to comfort.

Etymologies

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Latin consolatus, p.p. See console (transitive verb).

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Examples

  • The 1804 and 1811 texts use "consolate" for "console" almost everywhere, and the name is spelled Wyllys, changed in later editions to Wyllis.

    Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Daniel Jackson

  • One person mentions that they needed to deal with the embassy/consolate, but an outcome was never mentioned.

    SS Direct Deposits Mexico 2009

  • One person mentions that they needed to deal with the embassy/consolate, but an outcome was never mentioned.

    SS Direct Deposits Mexico 2009

  • One person mentions that they needed to deal with the embassy/consolate, but an outcome was never mentioned.

    SS Direct Deposits Mexico 2009

  • One person mentions that they needed to deal with the embassy/consolate, but an outcome was never mentioned.

    SS Direct Deposits Mexico 2009

  • One person mentions that they needed to deal with the embassy/consolate, but an outcome was never mentioned.

    SS Direct Deposits Mexico 2009

  • And yes I know I can talk to the canadian consolate ... and I have a feeling that they will say ....

    US/MEX Citizens traveling to canada 2010

  • One person mentions that they needed to deal with the embassy/consolate, but an outcome was never mentioned.

    SS Direct Deposits Mexico 2009

  • And yes I know I can talk to the canadian consolate ... and I have a feeling that they will say ....

    US/MEX Citizens traveling to canada 2010

  • One person mentions that they needed to deal with the embassy/consolate, but an outcome was never mentioned.

    SS Direct Deposits Mexico 2009

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