Found 2 items, similar to comport.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: comport
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Comport
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.
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2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by
with.
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How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
--Beau. & Fl.
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How their behavior herein comported with the
institution. --Locke.
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Comport
\Com*port"\, v. t.
1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.]
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The malcontented sort
That never can the present state comport. --Daniel.
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2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
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Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself.
--Burke.
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Comport
\Com"port\ (?, formerly ?), n. [Cf. OF. comport.]
Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]
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I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.
--Dryden.
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