comport
1to bear or conduct (oneself); behave: He comported himself with dignity.
to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with): His statement does not comport with the facts.
Obsolete. comportment.
Origin of comport
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Other definitions for comport (2 of 2)
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 of comport
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How to use comport in a sentence
Gozik considered how he might have comported himself in those circumstances.
But there wasn't any comment about Mr. Zimmerman or his family, who, by most accounts, also comported themselves credibly.
The workmen and insurgents, too, encouraged by their chiefs, had also comported themselves valorously.
Rule of the Monk | Giuseppe GaribaldiThe commissioners, therefore, thought it comported with their duty to express the conclusions at which they had arrived.
History of Prince Edward Island | Duncan CampbellAt first he had comported himself rationally, going there occasionally to superintend matters, but soon he became too impatient.
The conquest of Rome | Matilde Serao
It was the way this bird had comported itself towards him that had so taken him.
Birds and Man | W. H. HudsonThe singers of the choir were about thirty in number, who comported themselves in a somewhat off-hand and uncouth manner.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography | Louis Spohr
British Dictionary definitions for comport
/ (kəmˈpɔːt) /
(tr) to conduct or bear (oneself) in a specified way
(intr foll by with) to agree (with); correspond (to)
Origin of comport
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