a. + -ABLE: cf. L. consōlābil-is, mod.F. consolable.] That can be consoled or comforted.

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1721.  in Bailey.

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1755.  in Johnson.

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1821.  Freeman’s Jrnl., 17 March, 3/2. Mrs. Vining acted Lady Anne with considerable feeling, and somewhat less than the usual insipidity of that consolable widow.

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1859.  Tennyson, Idylls, Vivien, 705. A long, long weeping, not consolable.

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Mod.  He is not easily consolable for his loss.

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  Hence Consolableness.

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1730–6.  in Bailey (folio).

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