Comporting

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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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