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He had found the shack deserted, but every pitiful evidence of Joyce's thought for his comfort was apparent.

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  1. transitive verb To soothe in time of affliction or distress.
  2. transitive verb To ease physically; relieve.
  3. noun A condition or feeling of pleasurable ease, well-being, and contentment.
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  • Either One-ear forgot to remove the ropes that bound them, or he didn't think their comfort was a matter of importance. —  100 - The Headless Men
  • What has replaced our prehistoric understanding of this complex of ecstasy now is the word comfort, a tremendously bloodless notion. —  Omni: May 1993
  • In verse 44 he says: “I will keep thy law continually for ever and ever.” Verse 45: “I seek thy precepts.” Verse 46: “Of thy testimonies also, I will not be ashamed.” Verse 47: “I delight myself in thy commandments which I have loved.” These declarations make manifest David's love for the Lord; and the joy springing out of this love is what he calls his comfort in his affliction. —  Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary
  • Perhaps I should've left him alone, but his comfort was the least of my concerns. —  Asimov'sSF,February2008
  • Gajendra Nagpal, CEO of Unicon Financial, said the market drew comfort from a Asian rally at the start but there was resistance as the global economic outlook remained downbeat. —  Top Stories - Google News
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  1. Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, to strengthen, from Late Latin cōnfortāre : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + Latin fortis, strong; see bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also cumfort; from Middle English comforten, cumforten, comforthen, earlier conforten, coumforten, counforten, from Anglo-French cunforter, Old French (and F.) conforter = Provencal Spanish Portuguese confortar = Italian confortare, from Middle Latin confortare, strengthen, fortify, from Latin com-, together, + fortis, strong: see force, fort.
  2. Early modern English also cumfort; from Middle English comfort, cumfort, comforth, comford, cumford, coumfort, earlier confort, kunfort, from Anglo-French cunfort, Old French (and F.) confort = Provencal confort, cofort = Old Spanish conforto, Spanish confuerto = Portuguese Italian conforto, comfort; from the verb.
 

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