Available Definitions:
1) a. - Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
2) a. - Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
3) a. - Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
4) a. - Lost to shame; dissolute.
5) a. - Destitute of; lacking in.
6) v. t. - To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
7) v. t. - To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.