Found 5 hits - Term: comport, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
comport \com"port\ ?, formerly ?, n. cf. of. comport.
manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. obs.
1913 webster
i knew them well, and marked their rude comport.
--dryden.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
comport \comport"\, 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.
1913 webster
2. to agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by
with.
1913 webster
how ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
--beau. fl.
1913 webster
how their behavior herein comported with the
institution. --locke.
1913 webster
see also:
comported comporting port demeanor
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
comport \comport"\, v. t.
1. to bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. obs.
1913 webster
the malcontented sort
that never can the present state comport. --daniel.
1913 webster
2. to carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
1913 webster
observe how lord somers . . . comported himself.
--burke.
1913 webster
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
behave misbehave acquit bear deport conduct
carry
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 moby thesaurus words for "comport":
accord, acquit, act, bear, carry, check, conduct, correspond,
demean, deport, dovetail, fit in, gee, go, go on, quit, square,
tally
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