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Word Meanings - COMFORTABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. 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. Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.

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1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. 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. 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.

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  • ROUSE
    To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
  • UNCONCERNMENT
    The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South.
  • COMMODIOUSLY
    In a commodious manner. To pass commodiously this life. Milton.
  • AGITATE
    1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly
  • SHELTERLESS
    Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
  • CLOSEHANDED
    Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
  • HOUSEWIFE
    A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
  • AMPLENESS
    The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
  • LENIENTLY
    In a lenient manner.
  • COMPACT
    1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
  • COMPACTIBLE
    That may be compacted.
  • CHATTY
    Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.
  • HOUSLING
    Sacramental; as, housling fire. Spenser.
  • HOUSEWARMING
    A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.
  • CONVENIENTLY
    In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.
  • PROTRACTIVE
    Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden.
  • HOUSING
    A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc. That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up. A houseline.
  • COMMODIOUS
    Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house. "A commodious drab." Shak. "Commodious gold." Pope. The haven was not commodious to winter in. Acts.
  • HOUSEBOTE
    Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
  • CLOSEFISTED
    Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.
  • DESMOGNATHOUS
    Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds , including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.
  • SAFE-CONDUCT
    That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
  • UNEXAMPLED
    Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
  • PACKHOUSE
    Warehouse for storing goods.
  • WAREHOUSE
    A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.
  • CATARRHOUS
    Catarrhal.
  • POSTHOUSE
    1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
  • HENHOUSE
    A house or shelter for fowls.
  • UNCLOSE
    1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
  • ENCLOSE
    To inclose. See Inclose.
  • SLAUGHTERHOUSE
    A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
  • TRUGGING-HOUSE
    A brothel. Robert Greene.
  • POLYMORPHOUS
    Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic. (more info) 1. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. De Quincey.
  • DISQUIETTUDE
    Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.
  • PARCLOSE
    A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
  • TROUSERING
    Cloth or material for making trousers.
  • FULL HOUSE
    A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.
  • EFFLAGITATE
    To ask urgently. Cockeram.

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