DESOLATE, a.
1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants desert uninhabited denoting either stripped of inhabitants, or never having been inhabitated as a desolate isle a desolate wilderness.
I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 9 .
2. Laid waste in a ruinous condition neglected destroyed as desolate altars desolate towers. Ezek. Zeph.
3. Solitary without a companion afflicted.
Tamar remained desolate in Absaloms house. 2 Samuel 13 .
4. Deserted of God deprived of comfort.
My heart within me is desolate. Psalms 143 .
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