[f. SOLACE v.] Conveying solace; consoling.
1721. R. Keith, trans. T. à Kempis, Solil. Soul, x. 179. The solacing Joy of the Spirit.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. VII. vii. For wrath is contagious, and to pent Bodyguards is so solacing.
1862. H. Spencer, First Princ., I. v. § 32 (1875), 115. The beliefs … were highly solacing ones.
1890. Pall Mall Gaz., 20 Jan., 6/3. Miss Fowler received these solacing remarks with quiet serenity.
