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desolat (1402)
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desolat (1402)

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disolat,  dissolat  
  FEW:  desolare *3,54a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  desoler (desolat)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  desolate adj., n.  MED:  desolat(e) adj.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

abandoned, ruined: 
( 1406; MS: s.xv1 )  la Priorie de B. [...] estoit bien pres desolat et en voie de perdicioun  Lett & Pet 281.4
( 1415 )  la greindre partie du dit naveye destructz et lessez desolate  Rot Parl1 iv 79
( 1433 )  il furent en purpos de lesser la dite ville tout desolate  Rot Parl1 iv 469
♦bereft of possessions, ruined: 
( 1402 )  la dite suppliant fu lessé si povre et si dissolate qe [...]  Rot Parl1 iii 483
desolat de
abandoned by, bereft of: 
( 1400-09; MS: s.xv1 )  la greindre partie voide et desolate des tenauntz  Lett & Pet 374.24
( 1405 )  et ceo qu’ils disoient relinquent vostre dit terre voide et disolate de governaunce  Roy Lett Hen IV ii 30

See also:

desoler 
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