reconsole

verb

reconsole

verb

Etymology From re- + console.

1

To console again.

  • The vexation he showed at having caused such a disappointment, struck me as amiably characteristic — and in the course of the evening he every now and then threw out some word of admiration to reconsole mamma."1848, Walter Scott, Narrative of the Life, 1, page 340:
  • Since this much will feed from 4 to 6. and you're apt to have leftovers, you can keep it to reheat and reconsole yourself with the next evening.1971, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman, page 75:
1 more example
  • The Perfects increasingly emphasized obedience and hierarchy, and developed a ritual to reconsole those among them who had fallen from the pure way.1989, Joseph Reese Strayer, Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Macmillan Reference USA, →ISBN, page 185:

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