All 8 Uses of
console
in
Of Human Bondage
- And she, feeling that he was almost her own son, she had taken him when he was a month old, consoled him with soft words.†
Chpt 3-4consoled = comforted (emotionally)
- Philip forgot his anger and his own concerns, but thought only of consoling her, with broken words and clumsy little caresses.†
Chpt 21-22consoling = comforting (emotionally)
- Philip waited behind after the others to say to her something consolatory.†
Chpt 43-44 *
- The idealist withdrew himself, because he could not suffer the jostling of the human crowd; he had not the strength to fight and so called the battle vulgar; he was vain, and since his fellows would not take him at his own estimate, consoled himself with despising his fellows.†
Chpt 87-88consoled = comforted (emotionally)
- You'd better go to Emma,' Mr. Carey said, feeling that she could console the child better than anyone.†
Chpt 3-4 *
- Lawson was fond of Philip and, as soon as he thought he was seriously distressed by the refusal of his picture, he set himself to console him.†
Chpt 49-50
- Sometimes he thought he would console his sorrow by looking at pictures, but he walked through the National Gallery like a sight-seer; and no picture called up in him a thrill of emotion.†
Chpt 61-62
- He tried to console her.†
Chpt 109-110
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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, console can refer to a storage compartment between the bucket seats of a car.