comport


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
comport1 /kəmˈpɔːt/
verb
  • 1 (comport oneself) formal conduct oneself; behave.
  • 2 (comport with) archaic accord or agree with.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘tolerate’): from L. comportare, from com- ‘together’ + portare ‘carry, bear’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
comport2 /ˈkɒmpɔːt/
noun another term for compote (sense 2).
– origin C19: appar. an abbrev. of Fr. comportier.
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