Desolate

des'o-lat, v. To deprive of inhabitants, make desert; to lay waste, ruin, ravage, — a. Destitute of inhabitants; laid waste, in a ruinous condition; left alone; without a companion; afflicted. [L. desdktre, -atum, de and solare, to make lone am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare 6nd. DESTITUTE ly, solus, alone.]— Des'olately,ac?v.— Des'olater, n. — Desola'tion, Act of, or state of being, etc.; a desolate place or country ruin havoc devastation; ravage; destitution; gloom.