Comport /(?)/
Com·port
Comport
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Comported; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting
- To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.]
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To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with.
How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
How their behavior herein comported with the institution.
Comport
v. t.
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To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.]
The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport.
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To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself.
Comport
n.
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Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.