† comfortiveadj.n.

Forms: Also 1500s con-.

Etymology: irregularly < comfort v. + -ive suffix; comfort- being treated as the Latin participial stem, as in abort-ive, assert-ive.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

= comfortative adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheering or suggestive of cheerfulness

comfortative1377

comfortive1377

cheerfula1440

comfortablec1460

cheering1549

sunny1565

sunshine1594

heartsome1596

sprightly1598

livening1605

brightening1642

exhilarating1644

encheering1652

cheery1655

spiriting1671

sunshiny1686

riant1720

sonsy1721

genial1747

cheerfulizing1840

cheer-up1846

enlivening1862

exhilarative1864

exhilarant1866

exhilaratory1871

heartening1895

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [adjective] > restorative

comfortive1377

restaurativea1393

comfortativea1398

resumptivea1398

cordial?a1425

corroborative1583

analeptical1606

corroborant1626

analeptica1629

vivifying1665

roborant1768

1377–1400 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 213 Companable and confortatyf [MS. C. confortif].

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.i Lete wysedome than be to the comfortyfe.

1655 Treat. Gangrena in Woodall's Surgeons Mate (new ed.) 385 Consideration is to be had by adding warmth of food and rayment, with cordial and comfortive [1639 comfortative] remedies.

1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 100.

B. n.

= comfortative n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restorative

resumptivea1398

comfortative1398

restorative?a1439

restaurativec1450

restaurationa1500

restoritya1500

reviver1542

comforter1563

refriscative1580

comfortive1584

analeptic1634

refective1667

recruiter1729

restoration1823

recuperator1862

reconstituent1873

1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 41 I muse why he chose rather to make her awaye by open violence, then by some Italian Confortiue.

a1592 R. Greene Alcida (1617) sig. I Precious comfortiues to incourage her champion.

a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. I Not a comfortiue to lengthen her life, but a corasiue to shorten her dayes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	comfortive
释义	† comfortiveadj.n. Forms: Also 1500s con-. Etymology: irregularly < comfort v. + -ive suffix; comfort- being treated as the Latin participial stem, as in abort-ive, assert-ive. Obsolete. A. adj. = comfortative adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheering or suggestive of cheerfulness comfortative1377 comfortive1377 cheerfula1440 comfortablec1460 cheering1549 sunny1565 sunshine1594 heartsome1596 sprightly1598 livening1605 brightening1642 exhilarating1644 encheering1652 cheery1655 spiriting1671 sunshiny1686 riant1720 sonsy1721 genial1747 cheerfulizing1840 cheer-up1846 enlivening1862 exhilarative1864 exhilarant1866 exhilaratory1871 heartening1895 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [adjective] > restorative comfortive1377 restaurativea1393 comfortativea1398 resumptivea1398 cordial?a1425 corroborative1583 analeptical1606 corroborant1626 analeptica1629 vivifying1665 roborant1768 1377–1400 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 213 Companable and confortatyf [MS. C. confortif]. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.i Lete wysedome than be to the comfortyfe. 1655 Treat. Gangrena in Woodall's Surgeons Mate (new ed.) 385 Consideration is to be had by adding warmth of food and rayment, with cordial and comfortive [1639 comfortative] remedies. 1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 100. B. n. = comfortative n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restorative resumptivea1398 comfortative1398 restorative?a1439 restaurativec1450 restaurationa1500 restoritya1500 reviver1542 comforter1563 refriscative1580 comfortive1584 analeptic1634 refective1667 recruiter1729 restoration1823 recuperator1862 reconstituent1873 1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 41 I muse why he chose rather to make her awaye by open violence, then by some Italian Confortiue. a1592 R. Greene Alcida (1617) sig. I Precious comfortiues to incourage her champion. a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. I Not a comfortiue to lengthen her life, but a corasiue to shorten her dayes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1377
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