comport

English

WOTD – 9 December 2009

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.

Verb

comport (third-person singular simple present comports, present participle comporting, simple past and past participle comported)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (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

• cohere
• carry

Translations

to be in agreement

• Bulgarian: съгласувам се
• Finnish: sopia yhteen, sopia (fi)
• French: se conformer à, s’accorder avec, être en agrément avec, se mettre d’accord (fr), tomber d’accord
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: aderire a, accordarsi (it)
• Russian: соответствовать (ru) (sootvetstvovatʹ)
• Spanish: conformarse con, acomodarse a, ponerse de acuerdo, coincidir (es)

to behave (usually reflexive)

• Bulgarian: държа се (добре, зле)
• Finnish: käyttäytyä (fi)
• French: se comporter (fr), se conduire (fr), se tenir (fr)
• German: verhalten, benehmen
• Italian: comportarsi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: comportar (pt)
• Russian: вести себя (ru) (vesti sebja)
• Spanish: portarse (es), conducirse (es)

Noun

comport

1. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; deportment.

   I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. — Dryden.

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Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [komˈport]

Verb

comport

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of comporta.
2. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present subjunctive of comporta.