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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

com·fort / ˈkəmfərt/ • n. 1. a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint. ∎ (comforts) things that contribute to physical ease and well-being. ∎ prosperity and the pleasant lifestyle secured by it. 2. consolation for grief or anxiety: a few words of comfort. ∎ reassurance: they should take comfort that help is available. ∎ [in sing.] a person or thing that gives consolation: his friendship was a great comfort. ∎ a person or thing that gives satisfaction: I felt a great comfort in the relationship of the moon to my astrological sign. 3. dial. a warm quilt. • v. [tr.] soothe in grief; console. ∎ help (someone) feel at ease; reassure. PHRASES: too — for comfort causing physical or mental unease by an excess of the specified quality: it can be too hot for comfort in July and August.DERIVATIVES: com·fort·ing·ly adv. com·fort·less adj.

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comfort

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

comfort †encouragement, support; relief in distress XIII; cause of satisfaction or content XVI; material well-being XIX. — OF. confort, Rom. sb. f. late L. confortāre, f. CON- + fortis strong.
So comfort vb. XIII. comfortable †encouraging, reassuring, pleasant XIV; affording content; at ease XVIII. — AN. confortable.

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Comfort

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Comfort ♀, ♂ From the abstract noun, on the model of Charity, Faith, Mercy, etc. After a period of popularity following the Reformation, the name continued in infrequent use into the 19th century and recently enjoyed something of a revival, as a girl's name.

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Comfort

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Comfort

of cats.

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comfort

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

comfort •peart •immediate, intermediate •idiot •collegiate, intercollegiate •orgeat • Eliot • affiliate •foliate, trifoliate •aculeate, Juliet •Uniate • opiate •chariot, Harriet, Judas Iscariot, lariat, Marryat •compatriot, expatriate, patriot •heriot, Herriot •commissariat, lumpenproletariat, proletariat, salariat, secretariat, vicariate •inebriate • Cypriot •baccalaureate, laureate, professoriate •appropriate • licentiate • satiate •initiate, novitiate, patriciate •associate • cruciate • Cheviot • soviet •roseate •Byatt, diet, quiet, riot, ryot, Wyatt •inchoate •Ewart, Stewart •Verwoerd •graduate, undergraduate •attenuate • situate •abbot, Cabot •Albert • lambert • Egbert • Delbert •filbert, Gilbert •halibut • celibate • Robert • Osbert •Norbert •Hubert, Schubert •Humbert • Cuthbert •burbot, Herbert, sherbet, turbot •Frankfort • effort • comfort

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