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