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Comport [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Behavior; conduct; manner of acting.

2. I knew them well, and marked their rude comport

3. This word is rarely or never used, but may be admissible in poetry. We now use deportment. The accent, since Shakespeares time, has been transferred to the first syllable.

Comport [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To comport with, literally, to bear to or with; to carry together. Hence, to agree with; to suit; to accord; as, to consider how far our charity may comport with our prudence. His behavior does not comport with his station.

Comport [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. With the reciprocal pronoun, to behave; to conduct.

2. It is curious to observe how lord Somers--comported himself on that occasion.

3. To bear; to endure; as in French, Spanish and Italian.

Comport [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.

Comport [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with.

Comport [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.

2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.