consound

Meanings

Noun

• Any of several healing plants of the genera Symphytum, Consolida, Ajuga, Bellis, etc., especially comfrey.

Verb

• Alternative of confound: to damn

Origin

• Inherited from the Middle English consoude, consowde, consol, consold, consaud, consaude, from the Old English consolde, borrowed from the Old French consolde, consoulde, consoude, inherited from the Latin cōnsolida ("{{vern")}}, so called because of its supposed healing power.
• See confound.