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Comporting

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by
      with.

            How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
                                                  --Beau. & Fl.

            How their behavior herein comported with the
            institution.                          --Locke.
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