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Com"fort*a*ble (?), a. [OF. confortable.] 1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak.
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2. Serviceable; helpful. [Obs.]
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Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her. Shak.
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3. Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. “Kind words and comfortable.” Cowper.
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A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden.
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4. In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.
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My lord leans wondrously to discontent;
His comfortable temper has forsook him:
He is much out of health. Shak.
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5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person. [U. S.]
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Com"fort*a*ble, n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. [U. S.]
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