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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
comfort/ˈkʌmfət/
▶noun
- 1 a state of ease and freedom from pain or constraint.
■ (comforts) things that contribute to comfort.
■ prosperity and a pleasant lifestyle.
- 2 consolation for grief or anxiety.
■ a person or thing that gives such consolation.
– derivatives
comforting adjective,
comfortingly adverb,
comfortless adjective.
comforting adjective,
comfortingly adverb,
comfortless adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. confort (n.), conforter (v.), from late L. confortare ‘strengthen’.
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