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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
© Webster 1913.
Com"port (?, formerly ), n. [Cf.OF. comport.]
Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.
[Obs.]
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.