comportv.

Brit.

/kəmˈpɔːt/, U.S.

/kəmˈpɔrt/

Etymology: < Latin comportāre to carry together, and French comport-er to endure, bear, suffer, conduct (oneself), behave: the Latin < com- + portāre to carry.

†1.

a. transitive. To bear, endure; to tolerate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate

forbearc897

tholec950

bearOE

abidec1300

bidea1325

takec1330

suffer1340

wielda1375

to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384

supportc1384

to sit with ——c1400

sustainc1400

thulgec1400

acceptc1405

to away with1528

brook1530

well away1533

to bear with —1538

digest1553

to comport with1565

stand1567

purse?1571

to put up1573

well away1579

comport1588

fadge1592

abrook1594

to come away1594

to take up with1609

swallow1611

embracea1616

to pack up1624

concocta1627

to set down bya1630

to take with ——1632

tolerate1646

brook1658

stomach1677

pouch1819

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 175 We that ar stark (sayes the apostle) man comport the imbecillitie of the waiker.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. lxxi. sig. E The malecontented sort That..neuer can the present state comport.

a1619 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 129 A Queene Dowager of England..could not comport a superior so neare her doore.

1667 G. Digby Elvira ii. 17 How does that Noble beauty..Comport her servile Metamorphosis.

1716 M. Davies Diss. Author & Oecon. Lat. Drama 31 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Whose Necessities they are oftentimes as far from..Bearing or Comporting.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 70 Words taken in a sense which they comport.

†b. To bear, suffer, allow, permit that. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit by non-intervention

let971

tholec1070

to let (a person or thing) worthlOE

to let (a person or thing) yworth?c1225

sufferc1290

seea1400

assuffera1530

tolerate1533

sustain1541

comport1620

to let something ride1908

1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent viii. 708 The time did not comport that the course of diuine matters..should be hindered by humane contentions.

1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) 20 Amongst them the custome doth comport in certaine places, that they Thou one another more freely.

†2.

a. intr. to comport with: to bear with, put up with, tolerate, endure, suffer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate

forbearc897

tholec950

bearOE

abidec1300

bidea1325

takec1330

suffer1340

wielda1375

to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384

supportc1384

to sit with ——c1400

sustainc1400

thulgec1400

acceptc1405

to away with1528

brook1530

well away1533

to bear with —1538

digest1553

to comport with1565

stand1567

purse?1571

to put up1573

well away1579

comport1588

fadge1592

abrook1594

to come away1594

to take up with1609

swallow1611

embracea1616

to pack up1624

concocta1627

to set down bya1630

to take with ——1632

tolerate1646

brook1658

stomach1677

pouch1819

1565 Sir W. Cecil in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 172 II. 296 She..prayeth hir Ma^ty here to comport with hir untill she will send on of hirs hyther.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Hants. 9 Being unable to comport with his Oppression.

1679 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 274 If the University of Oxford..were to comport with the privileges granted before to the King's Printers.

1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. i. xi. 242 She needed both drinking, bathing, and pumping, but had not Strength to comport with either.

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 312 The family..could at any rate comport with no long absence.

†b. reflexive in same sense. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 2 Many..Bishops..unable to comport themselves with his harshness..quitted their preferments.

3. reflexive. To conduct or behave oneself; to act in a particular manner, to behave. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave or conduct oneself [verb (reflexive)]

wieldOE

leadc1175

bear?c1225

steera1250

to take onc1275

contain1297

to shift one's handa1300

demeanc1320

guyc1325

govern1340

keep1362

havec1390

rulec1390

guide14..

conceivea1425

maintain?a1425

maynea1425

behavec1440

disporta1450

orderc1487

use1497

handle?1529

convey1530

gesture1542

treat1568

carry1584

deport1598

bestow1606

comport1616

mienc1680

conduct1706

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 53 How thwhole court of knightes gann them comport in glorious wellcoms.

1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. iii. 20 He comported himself with extraordinary courage.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 314 The heat which accompanies the sun's rays comports itself, in all respects, like light.

1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 221 It would be curious to know how the Christians comported themselves when the priest of the Sun became monarch of the world.

†4.

a. intransitive (for reflexive). To behave. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave, conduct, or bear oneself [verb (intransitive)]

i-bereeOE

workeOE

makeOE

fere1154

walka1200

steera1250

to take onc1275

fare1340

to fare with oneself1340

containa1375

to let latesa1400

usea1400

dealc1400

rulea1425

act1593

comport1616

carry1650

deport1667

demean1678

behave1721

conduct1754

to carry on1828

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 233 Wheare they with goodliest complementes comported.

1654 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 6) 60/1 Comport, to compose the gesture.

1671 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility ix. 80 How we are to Comport in our Congratulations and Condolements with great Persons.

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 278 I cannot say how he would have comported under it.

†b. to comport with: to deal with, treat. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards

ateec1000

leadc1175

makec1175

farec1230

beleadc1275

dightc1275

beseec1300

servec1300

treatc1374

usea1382

proceeda1393

demean1393

to deal witha1400

treatc1400

to do to ——a1425

entreat?a1425

handc1440

ferea1450

entertain1490

ray1509

to do unto ——?1523

tract1548

deal1573

to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591

play1597

to comport with1675

to behave towards or to1754

usen1814

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > be patient [verb (reflexive)]

support1591

patience1605

to comport with1675

1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xv, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 219 In what manner a Prince ought to comport with his Subjects.

1689 Dialogue Timothy & Titus 11 Now how do you Comport with it in your Practice?

5. intr. to comport with: to agree with, accord with; to suit, befit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)]

conspirec1384

accorda1393

to stand with ——c1449

to sit with ——a1500

correspond1545

resound1575

square1583

quader1588

to comport with1591

sympathize1594

beset1597

range1600

even1602

consort1607

to run with ——1614

countenancea1616

hita1616

sympathy1615

filea1625

quadrate?1630

consist1638

commensurate1643

commensure1654

to strike in1704

jig1838

harmonize1852

chime in with1861

equate1934

to tie in1938

to tune in1938

to tie up1958

1591 R. Bruce Serm. Kirk of Edinb. sig. Bb2 Sik a meaning as the wordes may beare, and as their significatioun may comport with.

1603 S. Daniel Def. Ryme in Panegyrike (new ed.) sig. H6^v A Tragedie would indeede best comporte with a blank Verse.

a1706 J. Evelyn Life Mrs. Godolphin (1939) 32 How her detachment from Royal Servitude, would Comport with her.

1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles lxiv. 279 They do all that Nature and Art can do to comport with his Will.

1884 T. Speedy Sport in Highlands xvi. 288 Such wholesale slaughter does not comport with our opinion as to what really constitutes sport.

†6. transitive ? To befit, or ? to bear upon. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1604 M. Drayton Moyses i. 23 What respects he the negotiating Matters comporting Emperie and state?

†7. literal. To carry or bring together, collect. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)]

somnec825

heapc900

gathera975

samc1000

to set togetherc1275

fang1340

assemblec1374

recueilc1380

drawa1393

to draw togethera1398

semblea1400

congatherc1400

congregatec1400

to take together1490

recollect1513

to gather togetherc1515

to get together1523

congesta1552

confer1552

collect1573

ingatherc1575

ramass1586

upgather1590

to muster upa1593

accrue1594

musterc1595

compone1613

herd1615

contract1620

recoil1632

comporta1641

rally1643

rendezvous1670

purse1809

adduct1824

to round up1873

reeve1876

to pull together1925

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) i. 40 The materialls were comported from the Gentiles.

a1660 G. Wharton Fasts & Festivals in Wks. (1683) 11 The Feast of Comport[at]ion of Wood..in memory of the wood comported, or brought for perpetual Nourishment of the Holy Fire.

†8. to comport the pike: to carry it grasped near the middle and pressed to the right side of the body, with the point raised. Obsolete.See description and figure in Pistofilo, Oplomachia (1621), where this ‘modo’ is said to be new, and practised by some French captains, particularly those of the King's Guard; also in Alfieri La Picca (1641) 16 ‘Come porti la picca il capitano.’ (In neither of these is any particular name applied to this ‘modo’.) The mode of coming to the ‘comport’ is fully described in The Perfection of Military Discipline after Newest Methods (1690) p. 24.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (intransitive)] > position weapons > position pike

to cheek a pike1608

to comport the pike1627

1627 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (rev. ed.) xvi*. sig. Gg4^v Postures for the Pyke... Shoulder: Port your Pykes. Comporte your Pykes. Order your Pykes.

1643 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipl. (ed. 3) cxiii. 362 Comporting your Halfe-pikes marching, is to bee understood, when you march under Trees, or some such place where they cannot bee ordered or advanced.

1650 R. Elton Compl. Body Art Mil. (1668) viii. 6 The comporting of the Pike is only useful to the souldier marching up a hill; for if then he should be shouldered, the butt-end of the Pike would always be touching of the ground.

1688 J. S. Mil. Discipl. 7 Captains and Lieutenants are to carry their pikes comported.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comport
释义	† comportn.¹ Brit. /kəmˈpɔːt/, U.S. /kəmˈpɔrt/ Etymology: < obsolete French comport, < comporter to comport v. But in sense 1 taken immediately from the English verb. Obsolete. 1. The action or position of comporting a pike: see comport v. 8. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > manual exercise > position of weapon > positions of pike cheek1635 comport1635 1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline ii. 9 From Comport, Cheeke, or Treile. 1650 R. Elton Compl. Body Art Mil. i. iii From the Comport charge to the Front, Right, Left, Reer. ?1685 J. S. Mil. Discipl. 15 Comport. Bring your left hand back, and stretch out the right as far as you can, at the same time grasp your Pike, then [etc.]. 2. Behaviour, comportment. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing i-bereOE i-letelOE lundc1175 semblanta1240 countenancec1290 fare1297 porturec1300 bearinga1325 portc1330 abearc1350 demeaning14.. habit1413 apporta1423 havingsa1425 maintenance?c1436 demeanc1450 maintain?1473 deport1474 maintaining1477 demeanance1486 affair1487 containing1487 behaviour1490 representation1490 haviour?1504 demeanour1509 miena1522 function1578 amenance1590 comportance1590 portance1590 purport1590 manage1593 style1596 dispose1601 deportments1603 comportment1605 garb1605 aira1616 deportment1638 comport1660 tour1702 sway1753 disport1761 maintien1814 tenue1828 portment1833 allure1841 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant Introd. 11 Our comport and conversation in and after it [the Holy Communion]. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 363 I know them well, and mark'd their rude Comport. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). comportn.² Etymology: < French compote: see compotier n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcomport. A dessert dish raised upon a stem or support. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > dish on stand compotier1755 comport1771 cake stand1829 curate's comfort1898 curate's delight1898 curate's friend1898 compote1904 curate1914 1771 in J. E. Nightingale Contrib. Hist. Early Eng. Porcelain (1881) 26 Four shell pattern comports, enamel'd in flowers. 1783 in J. E. Nightingale Contrib. Hist. Early Eng. Porcelain (1881) p. lxxxii A capital desert service of Worcester,..containing 18 comports of various shapes. 1811 in L. Jewitt Ceramic Art Great Brit. (1878) II. 107 4 Comports of Landscapes, 6 Comports of plants. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6769 Dessert service of flint glass,..consisting of decanters, carafes, finger basins, ice plates, elevated comports, jugs,..and other glasses. 1875 Guide Royal Porcelain Wks. 3 Comports for dessert services. 1883 Daily News 18 Dec. 3/7 The dessert service of Crown Derby china which is to be presented to Mr. Gladstone..consists of 26 pieces—18 plates and eight comports. 1924 H. Barnard Chats on Wedgwood Ware 91 Dessert baskets, comports, compotiers, custard stands and cups, and candlesticks..in plain glazed cream colour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). comportv. Brit. /kəmˈpɔːt/, U.S. /kəmˈpɔrt/ Etymology: < Latin comportāre to carry together, and French comport-er to endure, bear, suffer, conduct (oneself), behave: the Latin < com- + portāre to carry. †1. a. transitive. To bear, endure; to tolerate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate forbearc897 tholec950 bearOE abidec1300 bidea1325 takec1330 suffer1340 wielda1375 to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384 supportc1384 to sit with ——c1400 sustainc1400 thulgec1400 acceptc1405 to away with1528 brook1530 well away1533 to bear with —1538 digest1553 to comport with1565 stand1567 purse?1571 to put up1573 well away1579 comport1588 fadge1592 abrook1594 to come away1594 to take up with1609 swallow1611 embracea1616 to pack up1624 concocta1627 to set down bya1630 to take with ——1632 tolerate1646 brook1658 stomach1677 pouch1819 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 175 We that ar stark (sayes the apostle) man comport the imbecillitie of the waiker. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. lxxi. sig. E The malecontented sort That..neuer can the present state comport. a1619 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 129 A Queene Dowager of England..could not comport a superior so neare her doore. 1667 G. Digby Elvira ii. 17 How does that Noble beauty..Comport her servile Metamorphosis. 1716 M. Davies Diss. Author & Oecon. Lat. Drama 31 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Whose Necessities they are oftentimes as far from..Bearing or Comporting. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 70 Words taken in a sense which they comport. †b. To bear, suffer, allow, permit that. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit by non-intervention let971 tholec1070 to let (a person or thing) worthlOE to let (a person or thing) yworth?c1225 sufferc1290 seea1400 assuffera1530 tolerate1533 sustain1541 comport1620 to let something ride1908 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent viii. 708 The time did not comport that the course of diuine matters..should be hindered by humane contentions. 1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) 20 Amongst them the custome doth comport in certaine places, that they Thou one another more freely. †2. a. intr. to comport with: to bear with, put up with, tolerate, endure, suffer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate forbearc897 tholec950 bearOE abidec1300 bidea1325 takec1330 suffer1340 wielda1375 to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384 supportc1384 to sit with ——c1400 sustainc1400 thulgec1400 acceptc1405 to away with1528 brook1530 well away1533 to bear with —1538 digest1553 to comport with1565 stand1567 purse?1571 to put up1573 well away1579 comport1588 fadge1592 abrook1594 to come away1594 to take up with1609 swallow1611 embracea1616 to pack up1624 concocta1627 to set down bya1630 to take with ——1632 tolerate1646 brook1658 stomach1677 pouch1819 1565 Sir W. Cecil in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 172 II. 296 She..prayeth hir Ma^ty here to comport with hir untill she will send on of hirs hyther. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Hants. 9 Being unable to comport with his Oppression. 1679 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 274 If the University of Oxford..were to comport with the privileges granted before to the King's Printers. 1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. i. xi. 242 She needed both drinking, bathing, and pumping, but had not Strength to comport with either. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 312 The family..could at any rate comport with no long absence. †b. reflexive in same sense. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 2 Many..Bishops..unable to comport themselves with his harshness..quitted their preferments. 3. reflexive. To conduct or behave oneself; to act in a particular manner, to behave. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave or conduct oneself [verb (reflexive)] wieldOE leadc1175 bear?c1225 steera1250 to take onc1275 contain1297 to shift one's handa1300 demeanc1320 guyc1325 govern1340 keep1362 havec1390 rulec1390 guide14.. conceivea1425 maintain?a1425 maynea1425 behavec1440 disporta1450 orderc1487 use1497 handle?1529 convey1530 gesture1542 treat1568 carry1584 deport1598 bestow1606 comport1616 mienc1680 conduct1706 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 53 How thwhole court of knightes gann them comport in glorious wellcoms. 1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. iii. 20 He comported himself with extraordinary courage. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 314 The heat which accompanies the sun's rays comports itself, in all respects, like light. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 221 It would be curious to know how the Christians comported themselves when the priest of the Sun became monarch of the world. †4. a. intransitive (for reflexive). To behave. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave, conduct, or bear oneself [verb (intransitive)] i-bereeOE workeOE makeOE fere1154 walka1200 steera1250 to take onc1275 fare1340 to fare with oneself1340 containa1375 to let latesa1400 usea1400 dealc1400 rulea1425 act1593 comport1616 carry1650 deport1667 demean1678 behave1721 conduct1754 to carry on1828 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 233 Wheare they with goodliest complementes comported. 1654 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 6) 60/1 Comport, to compose the gesture. 1671 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility ix. 80 How we are to Comport in our Congratulations and Condolements with great Persons. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 278 I cannot say how he would have comported under it. †b. to comport with: to deal with, treat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards ateec1000 leadc1175 makec1175 farec1230 beleadc1275 dightc1275 beseec1300 servec1300 treatc1374 usea1382 proceeda1393 demean1393 to deal witha1400 treatc1400 to do to ——a1425 entreat?a1425 handc1440 ferea1450 entertain1490 ray1509 to do unto ——?1523 tract1548 deal1573 to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591 play1597 to comport with1675 to behave towards or to1754 usen1814 the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > be patient [verb (reflexive)] support1591 patience1605 to comport with1675 1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xv, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 219 In what manner a Prince ought to comport with his Subjects. 1689 Dialogue Timothy & Titus 11 Now how do you Comport with it in your Practice? 5. intr. to comport with: to agree with, accord with; to suit, befit. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] conspirec1384 accorda1393 to stand with ——c1449 to sit with ——a1500 correspond1545 resound1575 square1583 quader1588 to comport with1591 sympathize1594 beset1597 range1600 even1602 consort1607 to run with ——1614 countenancea1616 hita1616 sympathy1615 filea1625 quadrate?1630 consist1638 commensurate1643 commensure1654 to strike in1704 jig1838 harmonize1852 chime in with1861 equate1934 to tie in1938 to tune in1938 to tie up1958 1591 R. Bruce Serm. Kirk of Edinb. sig. Bb2 Sik a meaning as the wordes may beare, and as their significatioun may comport with. 1603 S. Daniel Def. Ryme in Panegyrike (new ed.) sig. H6^v A Tragedie would indeede best comporte with a blank Verse. a1706 J. Evelyn Life Mrs. Godolphin (1939) 32 How her detachment from Royal Servitude, would Comport with her. 1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles lxiv. 279 They do all that Nature and Art can do to comport with his Will. 1884 T. Speedy Sport in Highlands xvi. 288 Such wholesale slaughter does not comport with our opinion as to what really constitutes sport. †6. transitive ? To befit, or ? to bear upon. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1604 M. Drayton Moyses i. 23 What respects he the negotiating Matters comporting Emperie and state? †7. literal. To carry or bring together, collect. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] somnec825 heapc900 gathera975 samc1000 to set togetherc1275 fang1340 assemblec1374 recueilc1380 drawa1393 to draw togethera1398 semblea1400 congatherc1400 congregatec1400 to take together1490 recollect1513 to gather togetherc1515 to get together1523 congesta1552 confer1552 collect1573 ingatherc1575 ramass1586 upgather1590 to muster upa1593 accrue1594 musterc1595 compone1613 herd1615 contract1620 recoil1632 comporta1641 rally1643 rendezvous1670 purse1809 adduct1824 to round up1873 reeve1876 to pull together1925 a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) i. 40 The materialls were comported from the Gentiles. a1660 G. Wharton Fasts & Festivals in Wks. (1683) 11 The Feast of Comport[at]ion of Wood..in memory of the wood comported, or brought for perpetual Nourishment of the Holy Fire. †8. to comport the pike: to carry it grasped near the middle and pressed to the right side of the body, with the point raised. Obsolete.See description and figure in Pistofilo, Oplomachia (1621), where this ‘modo’ is said to be new, and practised by some French captains, particularly those of the King's Guard; also in Alfieri La Picca (1641) 16 ‘Come porti la picca il capitano.’ (In neither of these is any particular name applied to this ‘modo’.) The mode of coming to the ‘comport’ is fully described in The Perfection of Military Discipline after Newest Methods (1690) p. 24. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (intransitive)] > position weapons > position pike to cheek a pike1608 to comport the pike1627 1627 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (rev. ed.) xvi. sig. Gg4^v Postures for the Pyke... Shoulder: Port your Pykes. Comporte your Pykes. Order your Pykes. 1643 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipl.* (ed. 3) cxiii. 362 Comporting your Halfe-pikes marching, is to bee understood, when you march under Trees, or some such place where they cannot bee ordered or advanced. 1650 R. Elton Compl. Body Art Mil. (1668) viii. 6 The comporting of the Pike is only useful to the souldier marching up a hill; for if then he should be shouldered, the butt-end of the Pike would always be touching of the ground. 1688 J. S. Mil. Discipl. 7 Captains and Lieutenants are to carry their pikes comported. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1635n.²1771v.1565
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comportn.2

comportv.

† comportn.¹

comportn.²