CONSOLE

I. noun Etymology: French Date: 1664 an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament, ~ table , 3. an upright case that houses the keyboards and controlling mechanisms of an organ and from which the organ is played, a combination of readouts or displays and an input device (as a keyboard or switches) by which an operator can monitor and interact with a system (as a computer or dubber), 4. a cabinet (as for a radio or television set) designed to rest directly on the floor, a small storage cabinet between bucket seats in an automobile, II. transitive verb (~d; consoling) Etymology: French ~r, from Latin consolari, from com- + solari to ~ Date: 1673 to alleviate the grief, sense of loss, or trouble of ; comfort , consolingly adverb