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▪ I. comforting, vbl. n.|ˈkʌmfətɪŋ|
[see -ing1.]
The action of the verb comfort, in various senses: Consolation; † strengthening, † encouragement, etc.
c1320Seuyn Sag. (W.) 2596 Tak the to som comforting. 1382Wyclif Ps. xciii. 19 Thi coumfortingis gladeden my soule. 1578Sc. Poems 16th C. II. 133 Send us support and comforting Agains our fais. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. To the King §3 Knowledge..would soone perishe..if it were not preserued in Bookes..and Schooles, for the receipt & comforting of the same. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 169 To supply the Presence and Comfortings of a dear Mother. 1862Thornbury Turner II. 126 With soothing kisses and comfortings.
▪ II. ˈcomforting, ppl. a.
[see -ing2.]
That comforts, in various senses of the verb: Consoling, consolatory; † strengthening, etc.
1382Wyclif Zech. i. 13 Good wordis, coumfortinge. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, v. i. 4 To repayre our Nature With comforting repose. 1758R. Brookes Pract. Med. (ed. 3) II. 164 Comforting Eye-waters. 1872Geo. Eliot Middlem. lxxiv, That comforting explanation. 1877A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xv, The comforting light of a large wood fire.
Hence ˈcomfortingly adv.
1849Fraser's Mag. XL. 518 The soul whose faith..comfortingly teaches her, etc. 1873R. Broughton Nancy I. 12 ‘Bless your heart’, says the Brat, comfortingly, ‘he will never find out that we are there’. |