Desolate

des′o-lāt, v.t. to make solitary: to deprive of inhabitants: to lay waste.— adj. solitary: destitute of inhabitants: laid waste.— adv. Des′olately .— ns. Des′olatene ; Desolat′er , -or ; Desolā′tion , waste: destruction: a place desolated.— adj. Des′olatory . [L. desolāre , -ātum — de , inten., and solāre , to make alone— solus , alone.]