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RECOMFORT
Etymology
Verb
recomfort (third-person singular simple present recomforts, present participle recomforting, simple past and past participle recomforted)
(transitive, now rare) To console (someone); to comfort, look after.
(transitive, now rare) To inspire with new courage; to encourage.
(transitive, now rare) To reinvigorate, to strengthen.
Anagrams
• Comforter, comforter
Source: Wiktionary
Re*com"fort (r*km"frt), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + comfort: cf. F. réconforter.]
Definition: To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to. Bacon. Gan her recomfort from so sad affright. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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