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▪ I. † recomfort, n. Obs.
Also 5 recoum-.
[ad. F. reconfort (13th c.): see re- and comfort n.]
Comfort, support, consolation.
c1420Lydg. Hist. Thebes ii. 580 He shall be relessed of his peine, Through recomfort of some high mariage. 1474Caxton Chesse iii. ii. (1860) F j, And wyth this ought the maronners..to be of good recomforte. c1555Abp. Parker Ps. xlii. 121 When this..came soone to hart, I yet therein recomfort felt. 1588N. Yonge Mus. Transalp. xxxi. D iv, He..so great a fire had framed, As were enough to burne mee, Without recomfort. 1605Camden Rem. (1637) 403, I will..for his [the reader's] recomfort end this part with a few..laughing Epitaphes.
▪ II. recomfort, v. Obs. exc. arch.|riːˈkʌmfət|
Forms: see comfort v.
[ad. F. reconforter (11th c.): see re- and comfort v.]
1. trans.
†a. To strengthen or inspire with fresh courage; to put heart or spirit in again. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce ix. 97 He..To perellis him abawndonys ay For to reconfort his menȝe. 1442T. Beckington Corr. (Rolls) II. 188 By our commyng and arriveng al your cite was gretly recomforted. c1477Caxton Jason 17 Whan the noble Jason felte hym self so aduironned on alle sydes by hys enemyes he was more reconforted than tofore. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. xlv. 152 There myght well haue ben sene good ordre of batayle, and people well recomforted. 1533More Apol. 3 b, Agaynste all thys feare this one thynge recomforted me, that [etc.]. 1600Fairfax Tasso vi. i, But better hopes had them recomforted That lay besieged in the sacred towne. Ibid. ix. xciv, At last they went and to recomfort thought, And stay their troopes from flight. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 918 As one from sad dismay Re⁓comforted.
b. To soothe, console, or relieve in distress or trouble. Const. from, † of. Now rare (common c 1375–1650).
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 1623 (1672) Hym with al hire wit to reconfort, As sche best coude, sche gan him disport. c1402Lydg. Compl. Bl. Knt. ii, Hertys hevy for to re⁓comforte From dreriheed of hevy nightes sorowe. 1470–85Malory Arthur vii. xxxiv, Syr Gareth recomforted his moder in suche wyse that she recouerd and made good chere. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 297 In especyall Florence was ryght sorowful, for there was none yt could recomfort her. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxv. §3 Others,..bringing their Ancestors vnto the graue with weeping eyes, haue notwithstanding meanes wherewith to be recomforted. 1626G. Sandys Ovid's Met. i. 7 The King of Gods re-comforts their despaire. 1647H. More Song of Soul ii. i. iii. iii, I grew sick of the worlds vanity Ne ought recomfort could my sunken spright. 1822De Quincey Confess. (1853) 67 Recomforted by this promise.., I returned in a Windsor coach to London. 1890S. Evans Graal I. 150 This doth recomfort me, that the Best Knight gat blame in like manner as I.
†c. refl. and absol. To take courage or heart again; to recover one's spirits. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1994 Ful wisely to enhorte The peple that they sholde hem reconforte. 1475Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 64 The Romayns..recomforting hem foughten so vigorouslie ayenst theire adversaries that they hadde the victorie. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. 499 Therwith they reconforted & toke corage. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis v. x. 362 At these words Hyanisbe recomforted herselfe, insomuch as shee could hardly conceale her joy. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. vi–vii. 204 He recomforted himselfe, calling to mind that the artifice was all his friends, unto which he had scarce concurr'd.
2. (Usu. of things): To strengthen or invigorate physically; to refresh. Also absol. Now rare.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 15 The pome-cedre corageos to recomfort. c1470Henry Wallace ii. 275 The womannys mylk recomford him full swyth. 1481Caxton Myrr. ii. vii. 79 The Emerawde..reconforteth alle the sight of hym that beholdeth it. 1575Turberv. Venerie 21 That oyntment..recomfortes the skynne and the synewes of dogges. 1596P. Barrough Meth. Physick iii. xxx. (1639) 152 You must be much diligent..to give him a diet that recomforteth and refresheth strength. 1626Bacon Sylva §403 It is usuall to help the Ground with Muck; And like⁓wise to Recomfort it sometimes with Muck put to the Roots. 1814Cary Dante, Inf. i. 27 My weary frame After short pause recomforted, again I journey'd.
†b. refl. of persons (and animals): To refresh or recreate (oneself). Obs.
1511Sir R. Guylforde Pilgr. (Camden) 61 We rested vs and refresshed vs..and so recomforted our self after the greate scarsnesse that we hadde susteyned. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 1061 This harte sore strayned ranne..To a well, with water..Hym to reconforte and the more fressher be. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 758 With Loves, and Ladies gentle sports, The ioy of youth, himselfe he recomforts.
Hence † reˈcomfortable a., comfortable, consoling; † recomforˈtation, consolation; † reˈcomforted ppl. a. (also absol.). Obs.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 392 A certayn never interrupted course of recomfortable refreshyng in Christ. 1585Hatton in Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) II. xlv. 273, I most humbly thank your sacred Majesty for your two late recomfortations. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. Wks. 1724 II. 623 The now fully recomforted Dorus. 1607Shakes. Cor. v. iv. 51 Ne're through an Arch so hurried the blowne Tide, As the recomforted through th'gates. |