comportmentn.
/kəmˈpɔːtmənt/ Now rare.† 2. ? Something officially carried or borne. Obsolete.† 3. Accordance, consistent action. Obsolete. rare.
1. † b. So comportment of oneself, comportment of one's body. Obsolete.† c. Dealing with a person. Obsolete.
a. Personal bearing, carriage, demeanour, deportment; behaviour, outward conduct, course of action. †Formerly also in plural, Proceedings, conduct.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing
i-bereOE
i-letelOE
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representation1490
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sway1753
disport1761
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tenue1828
portment1833
allure1841
the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun] > manner of carrying body
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carriage1595
comportment1605
deportment1638
poise1771
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tenue1892
1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. P [Urban VIII] Verie magnificall & ceremoniall in his outward comportment.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 213 Whosoever will..consider the comportment of the English Nation.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 157 The better to maintaine their high state and comportement.
1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 468 He will..make his comportment fuller of decency and majesty.
1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Massaniello i. 126 The causes of his tyrannicall comportments.
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 96 His Christian and religious comportment in his sickness.
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1657 Divine Lover 16 Exacter obseruance of our Regular Discipline, and other good externe comportment of ourselues.
1663 A. Cowley College A graceful comportment of their bodies.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > behaviour towards another or treatment
entreatisea1513
treaturea1513
behaviour?1521
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entreating1529
entreatance1534
usage1536
entertainment1547
demeanour1548
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entreatment1563
demean1596
carriage1598
manage1608
measure1611
quarter1615
treaty1631
treatance1644
meanora1670
treat1671
comportment1697
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 272 A Summary of our Comportment with all others of our own kind.
a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. v. 152 A due account of his nearer comportment with his Majesty upon the subject of the new methods.
1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde II. 25 As to his comportment with Clanricarde Taaffe and the Irish.
d. Of a thing: ‘Behaviour’, manner of comporting itself (under specified conditions).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > specifically of a thing > under specific conditions
behaviour1674
comportment1845
1845 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 xiii. 137 Its comportment before the blowpipe.
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1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 487 The Pastorall Staffe..being their onely comportment.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun]
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correspondence1413
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concinnity1531
congruence1533
harmony?1533
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respondence1598
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sortance1600
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respondency1603
symbolizing1605
coaptation1614
compositiona1616
sympathizing1632
comportance1648
compliance1649
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concinneness1655
symmetry1655
homology1656
consistency1659
consentaneousness1660
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comportment1675
harmoniousness1679
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accordancy1790
sameness1790
consentaneity1798
consilience1840
chime1847
consensus1854
solidarity1874
synchromesh1966
concordancing1976
1675 J. Howe Living Temple in Wks. (1834) 99 a The whole course of Divine dispensation..imports a steady Comportment with this necessity.
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