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solacing

solacing is the present participle and gerund of solace.

Meaning of solace

Verb

solace (third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced)

  1. (transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
  2. (transitive) To allay or assuage.
  3. (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.
    • But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in,
      And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Noun

solacing (countable and uncountable, plural solacings)

  1. solace
    • Life has its lessons adapted for all ages, and nature has her sweet solacings for the severity of those lessons. Gently, therefore, and gradually does she lead the young through the sorrowful maze of their own mistakes, […]1853, Mary Ann Kelty, Life by the Fireside, page 23

Forms of solacing

pluralsolacings

Questions about solacing

What does solacing mean?
Solacing means solace.
What is solacing the present participle and gerund of?
Solacing is the present participle and gerund of solace.
What part of speech is solacing?
Solacing is a noun.
What is the plural of solacing?
The plural of solacing is solacings.

Words near solacing in the dictionary

  1. solaces
  2. solacest
  3. solaceth
  4. Solache
  5. Solaches
  6. solacing
  7. solacings
  8. solacious
  9. solaciously
  10. soladulcoside
  11. Solaga

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