2. Rest; relaxation; ease. [Obs.] To make his steed some solace. Chaucer.
Syn.
— Comfort; consolation; alleviation; relief.
SOLACE
Sol"ace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Solacing.]
Etym: [OF. solacier, soulacier, F. solacier, LL. solatiare. See
Solace, n.]
1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; — applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
2. To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
Syn.
— To comfort; assuage; allay. See Comfort.
SOLACE
Sol"ace, v. i.
Defn: To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak.
SOLACEMENT
Sol"ace*ment, n.
Defn: The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces. [R.]