comport
Etymology

From late Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, from Latin comportare, from com- ("together") + portare ("to carry").

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
Verb

comport (comports, present participle comporting; simple past and past participle comported)

  1. (obsolete, ambitransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with). [16th–19th c.]
    to comport with an injury
    • 1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC ↗:
      The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport.
  2. (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.
    • 1622 May 24 (licensing date), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Prophetesse”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC ↗, Act V, scene ii:
      How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
    • a. 1705 (date written), [John Locke], “[(please specify the title)]”, in A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 17, →OCLC ↗:
      How their behaviour herein comported with the institution.
  3. (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]
    She comported herself with grace.
    • 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC ↗:
      Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself.
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comport

  1. (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; comportment; deportment.
    • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Ceyx and Alcyone”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC ↗:
      I know them well, and mark'd their rude comport.



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