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    com·fort·ing
    [ˈkəmfərdiNG]
    adjective
    comforting (adjective)
    1. serving to alleviate a person's feelings of grief or distress:
      "we would like to thank our family and friends for their support and their comforting words"
      • serving to improve a person's mood or restore a sense of physical well-being:
        "a comforting bowl of soup"
    com·fort
    [ˈkəmfərt]
    verb
    comforting (present participle)
    1. ease the grief or distress of; console:
      "she broke down in tears and her friend tried to comfort her"
      • improve the mood of or restore a sense of well-being to:
        "he dined outdoors, comforted by the crackling sounds of the fire"
    Origin
    Middle English (as a noun, in the senses ‘strengthening, support, consolation’; as a verb, in the senses ‘strengthen, give support, console’): from Old French confort (noun), conforter (verb), from late Latin confortare ‘strengthen’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + Latin fortis ‘strong’. The sense ‘something producing physical ease’ arose in the mid 17th century.
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