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com⋅port

1[kuhm-pawrt, -pohrt]
–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


1. deport.
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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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