All 4 Uses
console
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Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
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- With pity for his bewilderment, and a certain desire to giggle, she consoled him, "Then let's try some Tennyson.†
Chpt 10
- Kennicott appeared at the inner door, ushering out a bleached man with a trickle of wan beard, and consoling him, "All right, Dad.†
Chpt 15
- She made much of her consoling affection for him in little things.†
Chpt 24 *
- And besides, you ARE kind of consoling, Will.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)
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(2)
(console as in: plug it into the console) controls or video monitor(s) for electrical equipment; or a cabinet made to hold electronic equipment
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, console can refer to a storage compartment between the bucket seats of a car.