Comport

Definition of Comport

Com`port´

v. i.	1.	To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [imp. & p. p. Comported; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting.]
	2.	To agree; to accord; to suit; - sometimes followed by with. How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. - Beau. & Fl. How their behavior herein comported with the institution. - Locke.
v. t.	1.	To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport. - Daniel.
	2.	To carry; to conduct; - with a reflexive pronoun. Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself. - Burke.
n.	1.	Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. - Dryden.

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