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Webster 1828 Edition


Olate

OLATE

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Verb.
T.
[L. To lay waste, alone.]
1.
To deprive of inhabitants; to make desert. The earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
2.
To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; to destroy improvements or works of art. An inundation desolates fields. Whole countries have been desolated by armies.