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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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