comport

[kuhm-pawrt, -pohrt]

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verb (used with object)

to bear or conduct (oneself); behave: He comported himself with dignity.

verb (used without object)

to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with): His statement does not comport with the facts.

noun

Obsolete. comportment.

Origin of comport

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French comporter < Latin comportāre to transport, equivalent to com- com- + portāre to port⁵

Synonyms for comport

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1. deport.

comport

[kom-pawrt, -pohrt]

noun

a large English glass dish of the 18th century used for holding fruit or candy and having a wide, shallow top supported by heavy stem and foot; compote.

Origin of comport

1765–75; alteration of French compotier a dish for compote; see -ier²

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Related Words for comport

conform, accord, square, fit, tally, correspond, harmonize, cohere, check, match, carry, deport, acquit, bear, conduct

Examples from the Web for comport

Contemporary Examples of comport

According to the court, any other interpretation did not comport with the well-established meaning of “continue.”
Close Call for Native American Rights in Ruling on Baby Girl
Marcia Zug
June 26, 2013
He was a memorable teacher nonetheless, simply by providing himself as an example in how to comport yourself.
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Michael Daly
February 29, 2012
And a truly bad ticker does not comport well with the stress of a presidential campaign.
Scarborough for President
Mark McKinnon
September 8, 2009

Historical Examples of comport

How was she to comport herself in the society of all these high and haughty dames?
A Hungarian Nabob
Maurus Jkai
This manner of speaking was new, and did not comport with the state or fortunes of the helmsman.
An Eagle Flight
Jos Rizal
Comport thyself as I do bid thee and art a made man indeed.'
Privy Seal
Ford Madox Ford
They would not comport with the present condition of things in the Church of God.
Life and Times of David
Charles Henry Mackintosh
If it does not comport with the title of the bill, alter the latter.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16)
Thomas Hart Benton

British Dictionary definitions for comport

comport

verb

(tr) to conduct or bear (oneself) in a specified way

(intr foll by with) to agree (with); correspond (to)

Word Origin for comport

C16: from Latin comportāre to bear, collect, from com- together + portāre to carry

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Word Origin and History for comport

late 14c., from Old French comporter "endure, admit, behave" (13c.), from Latin comportare "to bring together, collect," from com- "together" (see com-) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Meaning "to agree with, suit" (with with) is from 1580s. Related: Comported; comporting.