DESOLATE
\dˈɛsələt], \dˈɛsələt], \d_ˈɛ_s_ə_l_ə_t]\
Definitions of DESOLATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
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pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn"
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devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
By Princeton University
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reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
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pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn"
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devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
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Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
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Lost to shame; dissolute.
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Destitute of; lacking in.
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To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
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To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
By Oddity Software
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Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
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Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
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Lost to shame; dissolute.
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Destitute of; lacking in.
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To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
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To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
By Noah Webster.
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To lay waste; deprive of inhabitants; overwhelm with sorrow; forsake.
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Deprived of inhabitants; solitary; laid waste; abandoned; miserable.
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Desolately.
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Desolateness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Desolately.
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Desolateness.
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To make solitary: to deprive of inhabitants: to lay waste.
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Solitary: destitute of inhabitants: laid waste.
By Daniel Lyons
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Desolately.
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Desolateness.
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To lay waste; make desolate.
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Laid waste, as a country; deserted; abandoned.
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Without friends; forlorn; afflicted; lonely.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman