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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Comport \Com*port"\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: comport v 1: behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave" [syn: {behave}] [ant: {misbehave}] 2: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: {behave}, {acquit}, {bear}, {deport}, {conduct}, {carry}]
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