D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Comport

/kəm-pôrt'/ · Com·port · IPA /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
01 v. i. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
imp. & p. p. Comported; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting
  1. 1.
    To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.[Obs.]
  2. 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.
02 v. t. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.
  1. 1.
    To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.[Obs.]
    “The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport.” Daniel.
  2. 2.
    To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
    “Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself.” Burke.
03 n. Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.
  1. 1.
    Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.[Obs.]
    “I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.” Dryden.