a. [ OF. confortable. ]
Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
My lord leans wondrously to discontent;
His comfortable temper has forsook him:
He is much out of health. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being comfortable. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a comfortable or comforting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. confortation, LL. confortatio. Cf. Comfort. ] The act of strengthening. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. OF. desconfortable. ]
A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray.
--
n. [ LL. fortalitia, or OF. fortelesce. See Fortress. ] (Mil.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also
a.
The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
--