consolate meaning (obsolete): definition

consolate

adj

/ˈkɒnsələt/

Etymology First attested in 1477, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin cōnsōlātus, perfect active participle of cōnsōlor, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of console.

Obsolete Comforted, consoled.

Humorous, Obsolete Not disconsolate; contented.

[O]ne morning, like Sir Leoline in Christabel, ‘he woke and found his lady dead,’ and remained a very consolate widower, with one small child.1818, Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, section I:

Derived terms: inconsolate

consolate

verb

/ˈkɒnsəleɪt/

Nonstandard, Obsolete To console; to comfort.

To consolate thine eare.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
‘You just talkinʼ to consolate yoʼself by word of mouth.’1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 44: