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  "error": false,
  "code": 200,
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    "type": "wiki",
    "pronunciations": {
      "phonetic": [
        "ˈkəmfərt"
      ],
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    "meansorg": {
      "etymologies": [
        "The verb is from Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).\nThe noun is from Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre."
      ],
      "typelist": [
        {
          "name": "Noun",
          "meanlist": [
            {
              "mean": "Contentment, ease.\nSleep in comfort with our new mattress."
            },
            {
              "mean": "Something that offers comfort.\nthe comforts of home"
            },
            {
              "mean": "A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.\nWe still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least."
            },
            {
              "mean": "A cause of relief or satisfaction.\nThe outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Verb",
          "meanlist": [
            {
              "mean": "(transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.\nRob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.\n1611,  The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London:    Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Psalms 86:17:Shew me a token foꝛ good, that they which hate me may ſee it, and bee aſhamed: becauſe thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comfoꝛted me.\n1631,  Francis ,  “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in  Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , 3rd edition, London:    William Rawley; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:Light, above all things, excelleth in comforting the spirits of men."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(transitive) To make comfortable. (Can we add an example for this sense?)"
            },
            {
              "mean": "(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.\n1594–1597,  Richard Hooker, J S, editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, , London:    Will Stansby , published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):\nGod's own testimony    doth not a little comfort and confirm the same."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.\n1591 (date written),  William Shakespeare,  “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in  Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London:    Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I    cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!"
            }
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          "name": "명사",
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          "name": "동사.",
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