comport Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb behave well or properly
    behave.
    • The children must learn to behave
  2. verb behave in a certain manner
    acquit; bear; behave; conduct; carry; deport.
    • She carried herself well
    • he bore himself with dignity
    • They conducted themselves well during these difficult times

WordNet

Com*port" intransitive verb
Etymology
F. comporter, LL. comportare, fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Comported; present participle & verbal noun Comporting
Definitions
  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" transitive verb
Definitions
  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 noun
Etymology
Cf.OF. comport.
Definitions
  1. Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. Obs.
    I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. Dryden.

Webster 1913