Chapter Co-meddle to Comitia of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

the relief to be afforded by imparting positive enjoyment, as well as a diminution of pain. "Consolation, or comfort, signifies some alleviation to that pain to which it is not in our power to afford the proper and adequate remedy; they imply rather an augmentation of the power of bearing, than a diminution of the burden." Johnson.

Comfortable
(Com"fort*a*ble) a. [OF. confortable.]

1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end.
Shak.

2. Serviceable; helpful. [Obs.]

Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
Shak.

3. Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. "Kind words and comfortable." Cowper.

A comfortable provision made for their subsistence.
Dryden.

4. In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.

My lord leans wondrously to discontent;
His comfortable temper has forsook him:
He is much out of health.
Shak.

5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; — used of a sick person. [U. S.]

Comfortable
(Com"fort*a*ble), n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. [U. S.]

Comfortableness
(Com"fort*a*ble*ness), n. State of being comfortable.

Comfortably
(Com"fort*a*bly), adv. In a comfortable or comforting manner.

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem.
Is. xl. 2.

Comforter
(Com"fort*er) n.

1. One who administers comfort or consolation.

Let no comforter delight mine ear
But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
Shak.

2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, — referring to his office of comforting believers.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.
John xiv. 26.

3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.]

The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
Pop. Sci. Monthly.

4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.]

Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]