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Webster 1913 Edition

Comport

Com-port′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Comported
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Comporting
.]
[F.
comporter
,
LL
.
comportare
, fr.L.
comportare
to bring together;
com-
+
portare
to carry. See
Port demeanor
.]
1.
To bear or endure; to put up (with);
as, to
comport
with an injury
.
[Obs.]
Barrow.
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.

Com-port′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.
[Obs.]
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.

Com′port

(?, formerly [GREEK])
,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
comport
.]
Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.
[Obs.]
I knew them well, and marked their rude
comport
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Comport

COMPORT

,
Verb.
I.
To comport with, literally, to bear to or with; to carry together. Hence, to agree with; to suit; to accord; as, to consider how far our charity may comport with our prudence. His behavior does not comport with his station.

COMPORT

,
Verb.
T.
1.
With the reciprocal pronoun, to behave; to conduct.
It is curious to observe how lord Somers--comported himself on that occasion.
2.
To bear; to endure; as in French, Spanish and Italian.

COMPORT

,
Noun.
Behavior; conduct; manner of acting.
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.
This word is rarely or never used, but may be admissible in poetry. We now use deportment. The accent, since Shakespeares time, has been transferred to the first syllable.

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