recomforture

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recomforture (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort.
    • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: []”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
      QUEEN ELIZABETH. Yet thou didst kill my children.
      KING RICHARD. But in your daughter's womb I bury them;
      Where, in that nest of spicery, they will breed
      Selves of themselves, to your recomforture.