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/kˈɑnsoʊl/ /kənsˈoʊl/ Listen

noun

Console n.

(Arch.)

(a)

A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.

(b)

Any small bracket; also, a console table.

(Computers) The keyboard and monitor of a computer considered together.

(Engineering) The controlling portion of an electrical, electronic, or mechanical device or system, from which the operator may observe the state of the system as indicated by gauges or on some form of display n. 3, and may direct or control the action of the system.

The desklike controlling unit of an organ containing the keyboard, pedals, stops, etc. by means of which the organ is played.

A home entertainment device such as a television, radio, phonograph, CD player, or combination of these, designed as a piece of furniture, to stand on the floor rather than on a table or in a separate cabinet; also used attributively in the phrase console model.

Console table, a table whose top is supported by two or more consoles instead of legs.

verb

Console v. t. (past & past part. consoled; pres. part. consoling) To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe. "And empty heads console with empty sound." "I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete."

Synonyms: To comfort; solace; soothe; cheer; sustain; encourage; support. See Comfort.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... and galloped away. He halted at the church, threw the reins over the animal's head and went and sat on the steps. He wanted to think. He wanted to calm himself. He hoped that the place would console him with its memories, afford ...

— The Ramrodders - A Novel • Holman Day

... and having found the philosophic reason inadequate to provide a satisfying way of life, accepted a new mythology, because it was inspired by ideas which were powerful to guide, to inspire, and to console. For many centuries we shall look in vain for any serious study of human life except in conformity to the ...

— The Chief End of Man • George S. Merriam

... to console her, weeping too. Mag's baby, dozing in front of the fire, sensed the general grief and lifted up her voice in sympathy. Big Liza, attracted by the commotion, learned the cause of it and added herself ...

— Kildares of Storm • Eleanor Mercein Kelly

... answered that I would never see him again. The poor little man had been laid away underground, without my knowledge, and, indeed, with the knowledge of very few people, on a short time after the happy delivery of Madame Coccoz. I leaned that his wife had been able to console herself: I did likewise. ...

— The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard • Anatole France

... we are on the high road to State Socialism, though Mill helps us to console ourselves with having taken that road on strictly scientific principles. It is the not unusual result of stating large benevolent theories for popular application; the principle is accepted and its limitations are disregarded. Nevertheless Mill contends gallantly in his later works for intellectual ...

— Studies in Literature and History • Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall

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