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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