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.]
© Webster 1913.
Com"fort*a*ble, n.
A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort.
[U. S.]
© Webster 1913.