Comport

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kÉ™mˈpɔː(ɹ)t/

Origin

Borrowing from fro comporter, from Latin comportare ("to bring together"), from com- ("together") + portare ("to carry").

Full definition of comport

Verb

1. (obsolete, ambitransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with). 16th–19th c.to comport with an injury
• DanielThe 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 FletcherHow ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
• John LockeHow their behaviour herein comported with the institution.
3. (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). from 17th c.She comported herself with grace.
• BurkeObserve how Lord Somers ... comported himself.

Synonyms

• cohere
• carry

Noun