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Consoler

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con·sole 1  (kn-sl)
tr.v. con·soled, con·sol·ing, con·soles
To allay the sorrow or grief of. See Synonyms at comfort.
[French consoler, from Old French, from Latin cnslr : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + slr, to comfort.]
con·sola·ble adj.
con·sola·tory (-sl-tôr, -tr, -sl-) adj.
con·soler n.
con·soling·ly adv.
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Time has got all the credit of being the great consoler of afflicted mortals.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Po Chu-i is above all the poet of human love and sorrow, and beyond all the consoler.
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In spite of her sorrow, she enjoyed that minute very much, for she was a born consoler, and, it is hardly necessary for me to add, loved this reprehensible Tom with all her heart.
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