(a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted;
uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness;
a desolate house.
(a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed;
as, desolate altars.
(a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
(a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.
(a.) Destitute of; lacking in.
(v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of
inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
(v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates
a city.
