Both Uses of
console
in
The Glass Castle
- He and his wife had split up around the time Eric and I did, but he had consoled himself by buying and renovating a wreck of a town house in Brooklyn.†
p. 286.8 *consoled = comforted (emotionally)
- Lori sat next to Mom on the bed, trying to console her.†
p. 207.9
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.