comport

English

WOTD – 9 December 2009

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French comporter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin comportare (“to bring together”), from com- (“together”) + portare (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Verb

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

1. (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. (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. (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]

   She comported herself with grace.

   • Burke

     Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself.

Synonyms

• (be in agreement): cohere
• (behave): carry oneself, bear oneself

Translations

to be in agreement

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

to behave (usually reflexive)

• Bulgarian: държа се (dǎrža se)
• Catalan: conduir-se (ca), captenir-se (ca)
• Finnish: käyttäytyä (fi)
• French: se comporter (fr), se conduire (fr), se tenir (fr)
• German: verhalten (de), benehmen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: iompair
• Italian: comportarsi (it)
• Portuguese: comportar (pt)
• Russian: вести себя́ (ru) (vesti sebjá)
• Spanish: portarse (es), conducirse (es)

Noun

comport

1. (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; deportment.
   • Dryden

     I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [komˈport]

Verb

comport

1. first-person singular present indicative of comporta
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of comporta