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Vinony

comfort

verb

  1. to relieve distress or suffering
  2. to make comfortable
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noun

  1. sense of physical or psychological ease
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm.fət/ / /ˈkʊm.fət/ / /ˈkʌm.fɚt/

name

Etymology: From the English word comfort.

  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name.
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A place in the United States:
  6. A place in the United States:
  7. A place in the United States:

noun

Etymology: From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.

  1. Contentment, ease.

    “Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.”

    “But all was in vain: For having ranged up and down the Woods for ſome days, without finding the leaſt comfort to their hungry deſires, they were forced to return again unto the River. […] At laſt they arrived at the Coaſt of the Sea, where they found ſome comfort and relief to their former miſeries, and alſo means to ſeek more.”

  2. Something that offers comfort.

    “Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment)”

    “the comforts of home”

  3. A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.

    “We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.”

  4. A cause of relief or satisfaction.

    “The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

  1. To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.

    “Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.”

    “Shew me a token foꝛ good, that they which hate me may ſee it, and bee aſhamed: becauſe thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comfoꝛted me.”

  2. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

    “God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.”

  3. To assist or help; to aid.

    “I […] cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!”