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Desolate

Desolate (desolate)
a.(?)
||Des"o*late
[L. desolatus, p. p. of desolare to leave alone, forsake; de- + solare to make lonely, solus alone. See Sole, ]
  1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

    I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer. ix. 11.

    And the silvery marish flowers that throng
    The desolate creeks and pools among.     Tennyson.

  2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
  3. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

    Have mercy upon, for I am desolate. Ps. xxv. 16.

    Voice of the poor and desolate. Keble.

  4. Lost to shame; dissolute.
    [Obs.] Chaucer.
  5. Destitute of; lacking in.
    [Obs.]

    I were right now of tales desolate. Chaucer.

    Syn. -- Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste.

Desolate

Desolate (desolate)
v. t.(?)
Des"o*late
[imp. *** p. p. Desolated] p. pr. *** vb. n. Desolating.]
  1. To make desolate] to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
  2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.

    Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. Sparks.













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