Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SOL'ACE, v.t. [It. sollazzare, from L. solatium; solor, to comfort, assuage, relieve. See Console.]

1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction; to console; applied to persons; as, to solace one's self with the hope of future reward.
2. To allay; to assuage; as, to solace grief.