Comport

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "comport":
     accord, acquit, act, bear, carry, check, conduct, correspond,
     demean, deport, dovetail, fit in, gee, go, go on, quit, square,
     tally