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Webster 1913 Edition
Comport
Com-port′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Comported
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Comporting
.] [F.
comporter
, LL
. comportare
, fr.L. comportare
to bring together; com-
+ portare
to carry. See Port demeanor
.] 1.
To bear or endure; to put up (with);
as, to
. comport
with an injury[Obs.]
Barrow.
2.
To agree; to accord; to suit; – sometimes followed by with.
How ill this dullness doth
comport
with greatness. Beau. & Fl.
How their behavior herein
comported
with the institution. Locke.
Com-port′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.
[Obs.]
The malcontented sort
That never can the present state
That never can the present state
comport
. Daniel.
2.
To carry; to conduct; – with a reflexive pronoun.
Observe how Lord Somers . . .
comported
himself. Burke.
Com′port
(?, formerly [GREEK])
, Noun.
[Cf. OF.
comport
.] Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.
[Obs.]
I knew them well, and marked their rude
comport
. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Comport
COMPORT
,Verb.
I.
COMPORT
,Verb.
T.
1.
With the reciprocal pronoun, to behave; to conduct.It is curious to observe how lord Somers--comported himself on that occasion.
2.
To bear; to endure; as in French, Spanish and Italian.COMPORT
,Noun.
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.
This word is rarely or never used, but may be admissible in poetry. We now use deportment. The accent, since Shakespeares time, has been transferred to the first syllable.
Definition 2024
comport
comport
English
Verb
comport (third-person singular simple present comports, present participle comporting, simple past and past participle comported)
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with). [16th–19th c.]
- to comport with an injury
- Daniel
- The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport.
- (intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord. [from 16th c.]
- The new rules did not seem to comport with the spirit of the club.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
- John Locke
- How their behaviour herein comported with the institution.
- (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]
- She comported herself with grace.
- Burke
- Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself.
Synonyms
Translations
to be in agreement
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to behave (usually reflexive)
Noun
comport
- (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; deportment.
- I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. — Dryden.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [komˈport]
Verb
comport
- first-person singular present tense form of comporta.
- first-person singular subjunctive form of comporta.