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Vinony

comport

verb

  1. to conduct or behave oneself (in a particular manner)
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Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/

noun

Etymology: From late Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, from Latin comportare (“to bring together”), from com- (“together”) + portare (“to carry”).

  1. Manner of acting; conduct; comportment; deportment.

    “I know them well, and mark'd their rude comport.”

    “Personal virtues can be symbolic of capital—e.g., comport and charm as marks of “good” breeding—but to be a “celebrity” or “surgeon” or “professor” requires specific forms of capital.”

verb

Etymology: From late Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, from Latin comportare (“to bring together”), from com- (“together”) + portare (“to carry”).

  1. To tolerate, bear, put up (with).

    “to comport with an injury”

    “The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport.”

  2. To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord.

    “The new rules did not seem to comport with the spirit of the club.”

    “How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.”

  3. To behave (in a given manner).

    “She comported herself with grace.”

    “Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself.”