Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of strengthening.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of strengthening.
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Examples
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A notice in four languages, written with extraordinary flourishes, announced in the English division that travellers will find "confortation and modest prices."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Various
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For she overcame the devil by victory, and to the confortation of the spirit by doctrine, for by her doctrine she comforted much people, and converted to the faith of Christ.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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The virtue of this stone is said to be against effusion of blood, against passion of the heart, and to confortation of the spirit.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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I'm not advocating the use of illegal drugs, but if Pot were the substance involved, instead of alcohol, the confortation would have been
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