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† comforˈtation Obs.
Also con-.
[a. OF. confortacion, ad. late L. confortātiōn-em, n. of action f. confortāre to comfort: see -ation.]
1. Comforting; comfort, delight.
a1400Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) i. 114 To alle these creatures comfortacion. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 214/3 To confortacyon of the Spyrite. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 338, I haue comfortat ywys to my comfortacyon.
2. Strengthening (of bodily organs or faculties).
1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. ii. xix. 33 For the comfortation of the hert. 1626Bacon Sylva §962 For Corroboration and Confortation take such Bodies as are of Astringent Quality.
3. Supporting or countenancing.
1552in Strype Eccl. Mem. II. ii. xxx. 505 Confederacies, conspiracies..abbettings, procurations, comfortations. |