COMPORT

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.] Barrow.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.] The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport. Daniel.

4.
v.

To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun. Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself. Burke.

5.
n.

Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.] I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. Dryden.

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