recomforture

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈkʌmfɚt͡ʃɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkʌmfətjʊə/, /ɹɪˈkʌmfət͡ʃə/

Noun

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.