Recomfort
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹiːˈkʌmfət/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Recomfort is a verb meaning (transitive, now rare) To console (someone); to comfort, look after.
Meaning
(transitive, now rare) To console (someone); to comfort, look after.
More Meanings
- (transitive, now rare) To inspire with new courage; to encourage.
- (transitive, now rare) To reinvigorate, to strengthen.
Example Sentences
And therefore it is an experiment , though vulgar in strawberries , yet not brought into use generally : for it is usual to help the ground with muck , and likewise to recomfort it sometimes with muck put to the roots
With that cam his moder the quene of Orkeney dame Morgause / And whan she sawe syr Gareth redely in the vysage she myghte not wepe but sodenly felle doun in a swoune / and lay there a grete whyle lyke as she had ben dede / And thenne syr Gareth recomforted his moder in suche wyse that she recouerd and made good chere
Word Forms
- recomforts
- recomforting
- recomforted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include comfort, consolate, comfortize, besoothe, recompose, soothen.
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