comport

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[ kuhm-pawrt, -pohrt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to bear or conduct (oneself); behave: He comported himself with dignity.

verb (used without object)
  1. to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with): His statement does not comport with the facts.

noun
  1. Obsolete. comportment.

Origin of comport

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1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French comporter<Latin comportāre to transport, equivalent to com-com- + portāre to port5

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Other definitions for comport (2 of 2)

comport2
[ kom-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun
  1. 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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1765–75; alteration of French compotier a dish for compote; see -ier2

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How to use comport in a sentence

  • It was the way this bird had comported itself towards him that had so taken him.

    Birds and Man | W. H. Hudson
  • The singers of the choir were about thirty in number, who comported themselves in a somewhat off-hand and uncouth manner.

British Dictionary definitions for comport

comport

/ (kəmˈpɔːt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to conduct or bear (oneself) in a specified way

  2. (intr foll by with) to agree (with); correspond (to)

Origin of comport

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C16: from Latin comportāre to bear, collect, from com- together + portāre to carry

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