recomfort
To console (someone); to comfort, look after.
archaic, transitive
With that cam his moder the quene of Orkeney dame Morgause / And whan she sawe syr Gareth redely in the vysage she myghte not wepe but sodenly felle doun in a swoune / and lay there a grete whyle lyke as she had ben dede / And thenne syr Gareth recomforted his moder in suche wyse that she recouerd and made good chere
To inspire with new courage; to encourage.
archaic, transitive
To reinvigorate, to strengthen.
archaic, transitive
And therefore it is an experiment , though vulgar in strawberries , yet not brought into use generally : for it is usual to help the ground with muck , and likewise to recomfort it sometimes with muck put to the roots
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman reconforter, Middle French reconforter, from re- + conforter.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry recomfort (CC BY-SA 4.0).