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   Comport , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Comported; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting.] [F. comporter, LL. comportare, fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor.]
   To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.]
   Barrow.
   
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   To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with.
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   How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
   Beau. & Fl.
   
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   How their behavior herein comported with the institution.
   Locke.
   
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   Comport , v. t.
   To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.]
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   The malcontented sort
   That never can the present state comport.
   Daniel.
   
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   To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
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   Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself.
   Burke.
   
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   Comport , n. [Cf. OF. comport.] Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]
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   I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.
   Dryden.
   
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