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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : kuh n-sohl |
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsoʊl |
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Définition of console
Origin :- 1690s, from French consoler "to comfort, console," from Latin consolari "offer solace, encourage, comfort, cheer," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + solari "to comfort" (see solace). Or perhaps a back-formation from consolation. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by frefran. Related: Consoled; consoling.
- verb relieve, comfort
- To the extent of his means he would do what money could to console her!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- But if he loved her he would have mentioned her with affection, if only to console her in her widowhood.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- We may at least console ourselves with the reflexion that such a contingency is far off.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Console yourself, dear mother, circumstances require that you should.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- "There's a good view from the window," he said to console her for his depreciation of the picture.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- Every method which I tried to console her seemed to grieve her more.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- He wanted to console the boy and said he would soon go on in a carriage.
- Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
- He'll console you, and the gentlemen too, for the loss of twenty such as me.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- When he is wafted to a haven of rest, we will console each other.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- He turns to his son for help: he cannot console his wife; his son must take his place.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
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