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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•port1 /kəmˈpɔrt/USA pronunciation v. - [~ + oneself] to carry or conduct (oneself);
behave: to comport oneself with dignity. - [~ + with + object] to be in agreement or harmony: Your statement does not comport with the facts.
See -port-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•port1 (kəm pôrt′, -pōrt′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to bear or conduct (oneself );
behave:He comported himself with dignity. v.i. - to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with):His statement does not comport with the facts.
n. - [Obs.]comportment.
- Latin comportāre to transport, equivalent. to com- com- + portāre to port5
- Middle French comporter
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deport.
com•port2 (kom′pôrt, -pōrt),USA pronunciation n. - Ceramicsa 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.
- 1765–75; alteration of French compotier a dish for compote; see -ier2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: comport /kəmˈpɔːt/ vb - (transitive) to conduct or bear (oneself) in a specified way
- (intransitive) followed by with: to agree (with); correspond (to)
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin comportāre to bear, collect, from com- together + portāre to carry |