comport
English
editEtymology
editFrom late Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, from Latin comportare (“to bring together”), from com- (“together”) + portare (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Verb
editcomport (third-person singular simple present comports, present participle comporting, simple past and past participle comported)
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with). [16th–19th c.]
- to comport with an injury
- 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:
- The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport.
- (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.
- 1622 May 24 (licensing date), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Prophetesse”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:
- How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
- 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:
- How their behaviour herein comported with the institution.
- (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]
- She comported herself with grace.
- 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:
- Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself.
- 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter I, in Leave It to Psmith:
- 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.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editto be in agreement
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to behave (usually reflexive)
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Noun
editcomport
- (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; comportment; deportment.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Ceyx and Alcyone”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- I know them well, and mark'd their rude comport.
- 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
- 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.
Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcomport m (plural comports)
Further reading
edit- “comport” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian
editPronunciation
editVerb
editcomport
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