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# {{context|intransitive|lang=en}} To be in [[agreement]] (with); to be of an [[accord]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
# {{context|intransitive|lang=en}} To be in [[agreement]] (with); to be of an [[accord]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
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#: ''The new rules did not seem to '''comport''' with the spirit of the club.'' |
#: ''The new rules did not seem to '''comport''' with the spirit of the club.'' |
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#* Beaumont and Fletcher |
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#*: How ill this dullness doth '''comport''' with greatness. |
#*: How ill this dullness doth '''comport''' with greatness. |
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#* John Locke |
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Revision as of 06:11, 17 August 2013
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) comporter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) comportare, from (deprecated template usage) com- + (deprecated template usage) portare.
Pronunciation
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Verb
comport (third-person singular simple present comports, present participle comporting, simple past and past participle comported)
- (deprecated template usage) (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with). [16th-19th c.]
- to comport with an injury
- Daniel
- The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport.
- (deprecated template usage) (intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord. [from 16th c.]
- The new rules did not seem to comport with the spirit of the club.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
- John Locke
- How their behaviour herein comported with the institution.
- (deprecated template usage) (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]
- She comported herself with grace.
- Burke
- Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself.
Synonyms
Translations
to be in agreement
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to behave (usually reflexive)
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Noun
comport
- (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; deportment.
- I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. — Dryden.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): [komˈport]
Verb
comport
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