Dictionary

comport en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From late Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, from Latin comportare (“to bring together”), from com- (“together”) + portare (“to carry”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; comportment; deportment.
   • Personal virtues can be symbolic of capital—e.g., comport and charm as marks of “good” breeding—but to be a “celebrity” or “surgeon” or “professor” requires specific forms of capital. 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
   • I know them well, and mark'd their rude comport. 1700, [John] Dryden, “Ceyx and Alcyone”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

comport en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From late Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, from Latin comportare (“to bring together”), from com- (“together”) + portare (“to carry”).

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
   • The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport. 1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
   • to comport with an injury
2. (intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord.
   • How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. 1622 May 24 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Prophetesse”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:
   • The new rules did not seem to comport with the spirit of the club.
   • How their behaviour herein comported with the institution. a. 1705 (date written), [John Locke], “[(please specify the title)]”, in A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 17, →OCLC:
3. (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner).
   • She comported herself with grace.
   • Though genial enough when she got her way, on the rare occasions when people attempted to thwart her she was apt to comport herself in a manner reminiscent of Cleopatra on one of the latter’s bad mornings. 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter I, in Leave It to Psmith:
   • Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself. 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

comportable

Synonyms

deport oneself (behave) · carry oneself (behave) · bear oneself (behave) · cohere (be in agreement)

Translations (35)

uk пово́дитися (to behave (usually reflexive)) · fr se conformer à (to be in agreement) · ru соотве́тствовать (to be in agreement) · uk узго́джуватися (to be in agreement) · bg държа се (to behave (usually reflexive)) · cs chovat se (to behave (usually reflexive)) · it aderire a (to be in agreement) · fr se comporter (to behave (usually reflexive)) · cs shodovat se (to be in agreement) · de benehmen (to behave (usually reflexive)) · fr s'accorder avec (to be in agreement) · fr se mettre d'accord (to be in agreement) · fi käyttäytyä (to behave (usually reflexive)) · es portarse (to behave (usually reflexive)) · fr tomber d'accord (to be in agreement) · cs vystupovat (to behave (usually reflexive)) · fi sopia (to be in agreement) · got 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (to behave (usually reflexive)) · cs jednat (to behave (usually reflexive)) · ru вести себя́ (to behave (usually reflexive)) · ca captenir-se (to behave (usually reflexive)) · es ponerse de acuerdo (to be in agreement) · it accordarsi (to be in agreement) · es comportarse (to behave (usually reflexive)) · fr se conduire (to behave (usually reflexive)) · ga iompair (to behave (usually reflexive)) · uk відповіда́ти (to be in agreement) · pt comportar (to behave (usually reflexive)) · bg съгласувам се (to be in agreement) · de verhalten (to behave (usually reflexive)) · fr se tenir (to behave (usually reflexive)) · it comportarsi (to behave (usually reflexive)) · fr être en agrément avec (to be in agreement) · ca conduir-se (to behave (usually reflexive)) · fi sopia yhteen (to be in agreement)