| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·sole |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n-s l |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: con·soled, con·sol·ing, con·soles
To allay the sorrow or grief of. See synonyms at comfort. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French consoler, from Old French, from Latin cnsl r : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + slr, to comfort. | | OTHER FORMS: | con·sola·ble —ADJECTIVE
con·sola·to ry (-sl-tôr , -tr, -s l-) —ADJECTIVE
con·soler —NOUN
con·soling·ly —ADVERB
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