Desolate

Definition of Desolate

Des´o`late

a.	1.	Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. - Jer. ix. 11. And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among. - Tennyson.
	2.	Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
	3.	Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless. Have mercy upon, for I am desolate. - Ps. xxv. 16. Voice of the poor and desolate. - Keble.
	4.	Lost to shame; dissolute.
	5.	Destitute of; lacking in. I were right now of tales desolate. - Chaucer.
v. t.	1.	To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. [imp. & p. p. Desolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desolating.]
	2.	To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. - Sparks.

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