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English Dictionary: comport	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for comport
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
comport v behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave" Synonym(s): behave, comport Antonym(s): misbehave, misconduct, misdemean behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" Synonym(s): behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comport \Comport"\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comport \Com*port"\, v. t. 1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.] The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport. --Daniel. 2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun. Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comport \Com"port\ (?, formerly [?]), n. [Cf. OF. comport.] Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.] I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. --Dryden.