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comport

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com⋅port

1  [kuhm-pawrt, -pohrt]
Use comport in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bear or conduct (oneself); behave: He comported himself with dignity.
–verb (used without object)
2. to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with): His statement does not comport with the facts.
–noun
3. Obsolete. comportment.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF comporter < L comportāre to transport, equiv. to com- com- + portāre to port 5

Synonyms:
1. deport.

com⋅port

2  [kom-pawrt, -pohrt]
–noun
a large English glass dish of the 18th century used for holding fruit or candy and having a wide, shallow top supported by heavy stem and foot; compote.
Origin:
1765–75; alter. of F compotier a dish for compote; see -ier 2
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com·port   (kəm-pôrt', -pōrt')   
v.   com·port·ed, com·port·ing, com·ports

v.   tr.
To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner: Comport yourself with dignity.
v.   intr.
To agree, correspond, or harmonize: a foreign policy that comports with the principles of democracy.

[Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, to conduct, from Latin comportāre, to bring together : com-, com- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

comport 
c.1385, from M.Fr. comporter "endure, behave," from L. comportare "to bring together," from com- "together" + portare "to carry" (see port (1)). Meaning "to agree with, suit" (with with) is from 1589.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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