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On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.

A bringer in; an importer. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.

The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]

One who apportions.

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton.

The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.

Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron.

The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.

Same as Colporteur.

A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.

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

Suitable; consistent. [Obs.] "Some comportable method." Wotton.

Behavior; comport. [Obs.] Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser.

A bringing together. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.

Manner of acting; behavior; bearing. A graceful comportment of their bodies. Cowley. Her serious and devout comportment. Addison.

Equal share. [Obs.] Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack. Spenser.

amental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir. A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing. A. B. Edwards.

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment. He told us he had been deported to Spain. Walsh.

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation. In their deportations, they had often the favor of their conquerors. Atterbury.