Comport
(Com*port") v. 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.
Comport
(Com*port") v. 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.
Comport
(Com"port) n. [Cf. OF. comport.] Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.
Dryden.
