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Definition of Console
1. Verb. Give moral or emotional strength to. "The performance is likely to console Sue"
Specialized synonyms: Calm, Calm Down, Lull, Quiet, Quieten, Still, Tranquilize, Tranquillise, Tranquillize, Allay, Ease, Relieve, Still
Derivative terms: Comfort, Comforter, Comforter, Consolable, Consolation, Consolation, Consolatory, Solace, Solace, Solace, Solacement, Solacement
2. Noun. A small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall.
3. Noun. A scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system).
Generic synonyms: Scientific Instrument
4. Noun. An ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture). ; "The bust of Napoleon stood on a console"
5. Noun. Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television.
Definition of Console
1. v. t. To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
2. n. A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.
Definition of Console
1. Noun. A cabinet designed to stand on the floor, especially one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system. ¹
2. Noun. A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon. ¹
3. Noun. The keyboard and screen of a computer. ¹
4. Noun. A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile. ¹
5. Noun. (video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from [ arcade cabinets] by its ability to change games. ¹
6. Noun. (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Console
1. to comfort [v -SOLED, -SOLING, -SOLES] - See also: comfort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Console
Literary usage of Console
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"To what will she come ? Why are not the laws more stringent, that I might compel
her to hear reason ?" " console yourself, uncle ..."
2. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1907)
"For instance, Sir Richard •BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANEL AND CARVED AND GILT console
TABLE Thomas Grosvenor, of Holme—or Hume—to Joan, heiress of John Eton de ..."
3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"His comrade, to astonish and console him, telegraphed from one of the post-houses
where they had stopped for dimmer, to the American consul at Christiania. ..."
4. The Letters of the British Spy by William Wirt (1841)
"... to a better understanding of the subject, the light, that is thus elicited,
will console me for the collision which produced it October 12, 1803. ..."
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