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e; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.] Wyclif. God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. Hooker.

rous; valiant. [Obs.] Wyclif. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak.

State of being comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.

In a comfortable or comforting manner.

One who administers comfort or consolation. Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. Shak.

Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser.

Act or process of administering comfort. [Obs.] The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador. Hakluyt.

A woman who comforts. To be your comfortress, and to preserve you. B. Jonson.

To discourage; to deject. His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us. Shak.

Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Discomfort. [Obs.]

To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to. Bacon. Gan her recomfort from so sad affright. Spenser.

Without comfort. [Obs.]

The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. [Obs.] Shak.

Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position.

Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif. Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak.

A foretaste. Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.

An attendant circumstance. [Obs.] The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne.

An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger. To pay attention to, To pay one's attentions to, to be courteous or attentive to; to wait upon as a lover; to court.