conforto, āre, v. a. [fortis], to strengthen much (late Lat.; esp. freq. in the Vulg. of the Vet. Test.): stomachum, Macer. Carm. 71: manus, Lact. 4, 15: domum Juda, Vulg. Zach. 10, 6: confortamini, filii Benjamin, id. Jer. 6, 1 et saep.