Perhaps you avoid babysitting your baby brother because you're worried that if he starts to cry, you won’t be able to console him or make him feel better. Or maybe you just hate changing diapers.
You usually try to console someone by providing encouragement and offering solace. Others try to console themselves with tubs of ice cream. From the Latin word consolari, meaning “to comfort,” the noun console can also describe a central control panel. In an automobile, the controls for both the radio and air-conditioning are in the same center console.
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give moral or emotional strength to
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a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)
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housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
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a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
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an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)
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