The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador.
Hakluyt.
Com"fort*ress (?), n. A woman who comforts.
To be your comfortress, and to preserve you.
B. Jonson.
Com"frey (?), n. [Prob. from F. conferve, L. conferva, fr. confervere to boil together, in medical language, to heal, grow together. So called on account of its healing power, for which reason it was also called consolida.] (Bot.) A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.
&fist; A decoction of the mucilaginous root of the "common comfrey" (S. officinale) is used in cough mixtures, etc.; and the gigantic "prickly comfrey" (S. asperrimum) is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant.
Com"ic (?), a. [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. &?;: cf. F. comique. See Comedy.] 1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
I can not for the stage a drama lay,
Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play.
B. Jonson.