Crossword clues for comforted
comforted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Comfort \Com"fort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comforted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comforting.] [F. conforter, fr. L. confortare to strengthen much; con- + fortis strong. See Fort.]
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To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.]
--Wyclif.God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
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To assist or help; to aid. [Obs.]
I . . . can not help the noble chevalier: God comfort him in this necessity!
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To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer.
Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.
--Bacon.That we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction.
--2 Cor. i. 4 (Rev. Ver.).A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command.
--Wordsworth.Syn: To cheer; solace; console; revive; encourage; enliven; invigorate; inspirit; gladden; recreate; exhilarate; refresh; animate; confirm; strengthen.
Usage: To Comfort, Console, Solace. These verbs all suppose some antecedent state of suffering or sorrow. Console is confined to the act giving sympathetic relief to the mind under affliction or sorrow, and points to some definite source of that relief; as, the presence of his friend consoled him; he was much consoled by this intelligence. The act of consoling commonly implies the inculcation of resignation. Comfort points to relief afforded by the communication of positive pleasure, hope, and strength, as well as by the diminution of pain; as, ``They brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.''
--Acts xx. 12. Solace is from L. solacium, which means according to Dumesnil, consolation inwardly felt or applied to the case of the sufferer. Hence, the verb to solace denotes the using of things for the purpose of affording relief under sorrow or suffering; as, to solace one's self with reflections, with books, or with active employments.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: comfort)
WordNet
adj. made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress; "the news make her feel comforted"
Usage examples of "comforted".
One of the little girls whimpered in fright but was instantly comforted by Sarah McDouall, one of the carets on duty at the crlche.
As she had felt comforted by their curious escort, now she felt sad at their abrupt departure.
And the old cadences of the funeral service, rhythms old before ever the first human went into space, comforted where no living person could.
She comforted herself with the knowledge that Foro had already been mindless.
We would be so comforted if you left sons behind to guide us," she said passionately.
Joat gave Soamosa an occasional thump in the area of her shoulder blades in hopes the girl would soon feel comforted enough to release the death-grip she had on Joat's waist.
She went to sleep, comforted by the irrevocable advantage of privacy available to a member of the Heptite Guild.
He comforted her lovingly and complicated her feelings for him by asking no questions at all.
And that was how she spent the long night, comforted by crazed crystal.
Kids raced about the edges of the dance floor, tripping over feet, howling with hurt and being comforted by whoever picked them up and dusted them off.
She clutched it, comforted, and as she did so a picture sprang into her mind of Sean, calling for her, so that her own name rang in her mind as clearly as if someone in the same room was speaking to her.
Both bones had been broken, although Leon Dane comforted her with the thought that it hadn't been a compound fracture which would have been nasty with their limited facilities.
If M'leng was comforted by having a portrait of his friend, that was the least Iantine could do.
You encouraged your beast, comforted him when the Threads burned, but you depended on his instinct and speed.
Jayge was not comforted by the thought that it would be darker where Aramina was.