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Verb
(transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]
(transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. [from 14th c.]
(transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]
(transitive, now rare) To punish, to inflict harmupon (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
(transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone). [from 14th c.]