comport
/kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
comport verb: to tolerate, bear, put up (with).
Verb
comport (third-person singular simple present comports, present participle comporting, simple past and past participle comported)
- To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
- to comport with an injury
- The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport.1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson...
- To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord.
- The new rules did not seem to comport with the spirit of the club.
- How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.1622 May 24 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Prophetesse”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […]...
- Synonyms:
- cohere
- To behave (in a given manner).
- She comported herself with grace.
- Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself.1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- carry oneself, bear oneself, deport oneself
Noun
comport
- Manner of acting; conduct; comportment; deportment.
- I know them well, and mark'd their rude comport.1700, [John] Dryden, “Ceyx and Alcyone”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- Personal virtues can be symbolic of capital—e.g., comport and charm as marks of “good” breeding—but to be a “celebrity” or “surgeon” or “professor” requires specific forms of capital.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN
comport meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
comport in Urdu
- متفق ہونا, راس آنا
comport in Bengali
- আচরণ করা, সঙ্গতিপূর্ণ হওয়া
comport in Malayalam
- പെരുമാറുക, അനുകൂലമായിരിക്കുക, യോജിക്കുക, ഒരുമിച്ചു പ്രവർത്തിക്കുക
Synonyms of comport
- cohere
- carry oneself
- bear oneself
- deport oneself
Forms of comport
| third-person singular present | comports |
|---|---|
| present participle | comporting |
| past participle | comported |
| past | comported |
Origin of comport
From late Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, from Latin comportare (“to bring together”), from com- (“together”) + portare (“to carry”).
Words formed from comport
Words that rhyme with comport
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- export
- mort
- assort
- escort
- fort
- quart
- resort
- retort
- thwart
- wart
- cavort
- detort
- distort
- extort
- swart
- transport
- apport
- come short
- consort
- contort
- desport
- ort
- purport
- reimport
- tort
- accourt
- aport
- asnort
- asport
- bort
- coreport
- Crown Court
- dort
- exhort
- Isle aux Morts
- kangaroo court
- misreport
- reexport
- rereport
- rort
- skort
- spoilsport
- torte
- worrywart
Questions about comport
- What does comport mean?
- Comport means to tolerate, bear, put up (with).
- What is comport in Urdu?
- Comport in Urdu is متفق ہونا, راس آنا. See Comport meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is comport?
- Comport can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce comport?
- Comport is pronounced /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/.
- What is the past tense of comport?
- The past tense of comport is comported.
Words near comport in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: comport (page history and authors); comport (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comport (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comport (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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