OZDIC

comfort

UK /ˈkʌm.fət/ US /ˈkʌm.fət/
name 5noun 4verb 3

Definitions

noun

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

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!

name

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:

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