Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with object)
- to bear or conduct (oneself); behave: He comported himself with dignity.
verb (used without object)
- to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with): His statement does not comport with the facts.
noun
- Obsolete. comportment.
noun
- a large English glass dish of the 18th century used for holding fruit or candy and having a wide, shallow top supported by heavy stem and foot; compote.
verb
- (tr) to conduct or bear (oneself) in a specified way
- (intr foll by with) to agree (with); correspond (to)
late 14c., from Old French comporter “endure, admit, behave” (13c.), from Latin comportare “to bring together, collect,” from com- “together” (see com-) + portare “to carry” (see port (n.1)). Meaning “to agree with, suit” (with with) is from 1580s. Related: Comported; comporting.