2. Verb. (third-person singular of console) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Consoles
1. console [v] - See also: console
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consoles
Literary usage of Consoles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner Callahan Teall (1920)
"CHAPTER XXII consoles AT first thought it would appear both ambitious and somewhat
futile—this hobby of collecting consoles. But that depends on how you ..."
2. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"... and of the Duchess of Beaufort— Henry's grief for the loss of the duchess—Rosny
consoles him. PEACE brought with it other labours and other cares. ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... is nothing under it, there is always at least the delicious feeling that we
are talking with one another. SULPICIUS consoles CICERO AFTER HIS DAUGHTER ..."
4. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1879)
"... the Diet—Haller at the Town-hall—Friburg—Oswald's Destitution—Zwingle consoles
him— Oswald quits Lucerne—The Diet's first Act of Severity—Consternation ..."
5. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"He pacifies and consoles all whom he meets. — His prophetic threats against the
felons and reivers. — Punishment inflicted upon the assassin of an exile. ..."
6. Julie de Lespinasse by Pierre Marie Maurice Henri Ségur (1907)
"... literary ambitions—Wise counsel from Mademoiselle de Lespinasse—The Constable
is staged—Julie consoles him for his ..."
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