† comportancen.
Obsolete.
1. Carriage, bearing, behaviour, manner of conducting oneself; (esp. in a favourable sense).
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
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N3 Goodly comportaunce each to other beare, And entertaine themselues with court'sies meet.
1630 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale p. 144 (note) Now Orbell..him bore with such substancial comportance.
1645 J. Goodwin Innocency & Truth Triumphing To Rdr. sig. A2 A man of no benevolous or friendly comportance with those, to whom he..speaketh.
2. Agreement, accordance; compliance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun]
accordmentc1330
accorda1398
consonancya1398
unitya1398
accordancea1400
commoningc1400
convenience1413
correspondence1413
answeringc1425
conformityc1430
consonance1430
congruity1447
concordancec1450
consonantc1475
agreement1495
monochordc1500
conveniencya1513
agreeance1525
agreeableness1531
concinnity1531
congruence1533
harmony?1533
concent1563
tunableness1569
agreeing1575
answerableness1577
concert1578
consent1578
sympathy1578
concord1579
symphonia1579
correspondency1589
atone1595
coherence1597
respondence1598
symphony1598
sortance1600
coherency1603
respondency1603
symbolizing1605
coaptation1614
compositiona1616
sympathizing1632
comportance1648
compliance1649
syntax1649
concinneness1655
symmetry1655
homology1656
consistency1659
consentaneousness1660
consistence1670
comportment1675
harmoniousness1679
symbolism1722
congruousness1727
accordancy1790
sameness1790
consentaneity1798
consilience1840
chime1847
consensus1854
solidarity1874
synchromesh1966
concordancing1976
society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > action in accordance with a desire or request
pliance1607
appliancea1616
compliancy1643
comportance1648
compliance1649
obsequience1830
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [noun] > compliance
concession1473
ottroye1480
yielding1597
condescendence1638
compliancy1643
compliance1647
comportance1648
condescension1650
acquiescence1654
condescending1656
condescendment1693
concedence1748
concessiveness1872
1648 J. Goodwin Right & Might 41 Calvin's apprehensions are of best comportance with the words.
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) x. 292 The word signifieth, let your yieldingness, or comportance, and compliance, be known unto all men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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