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.
Comport \Com*port"\, v. t.
1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.]
The malcontented sort That never can the present
state comport. --Daniel.
2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself.
--Burke.
Comport \Com"port\ (?, formerly ?), n. [Cf. OF. comport.]
Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.
--Dryden.
Source : WordNet®
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}]