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comportance

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[kuhm-pawr-tns, -pohr-] / kəmˈpɔr tns, -ˈpoʊr- /

noun

Obsolete.

  1. comportment.

Etymology

Origin of comportance

First recorded in 1580–90; comport 1 + -ance

Example Sentences

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What's the matter, thought I. With that I bethought myself, and the sweet comportance of that same sweet round face of thine came into my mind.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

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