Comport /(?)/

Com·port

Comport

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Comported; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting

  1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.]
  2. 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.
  1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.]
    The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport.
  2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
    Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself.

Comport

n.
  1. Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]
    I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.