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Comfort
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- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A female given name. countable, uncountable
- 3 A place in the United States:; A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 4 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jones County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 5 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Kendall County, Texas. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 7 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Weston, Dunn County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 1 Contentment, ease. countable, uncountable
"Sleep in comfort with our new mattress."
- 2 assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal wordnet
- 3 Something that offers comfort. countable, uncountable
"the comforts of home"
- 4 the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction wordnet
- 5 A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. countable, uncountable
"We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least."
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- 6 bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together wordnet
- 7 A cause of relief or satisfaction. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 8 a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment wordnet
- 9 satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing wordnet
- 10 a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain wordnet
- 11 a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state wordnet
- 1 To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. transitive
"Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad."
- 2 lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate wordnet
- 3 To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. obsolete
"God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same."
- 4 give moral or emotional strength to wordnet
- 5 To assist or help; to aid. obsolete
"I […] cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!"
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.
From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).
From the English word comfort.
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