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

• IPA: /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/

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.

• (be in agreement) cohere
• (behave) carry oneself, bear oneself

• French: se conformer à, s'accorder avec, être en agrément avec, se mettre d'accord, tomber d'accord
• Italian: aderire a, accordarsi
• Russian: соотве́тствовать
• Spanish: conformar, acomodar, ponerse de acuerdo, coincidir

• French: se comporter, se conduire, se tenir
• German: verhalten, benehmen
• Italian: comportarsi
• Portuguese: comportar
• Russian: вести себя́
• Spanish: portar, conducir

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.