- (transitive) to conduct or bear (oneself) in a specified way
- (intransitive) followed by with: to agree (with); correspond (to)
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com•port1 /kəmˈpɔrt/USA pronunciation
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [~ + 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.
com•port1
(kəm pôrt′, -pōrt′),USA pronunciation v.t.
v.i.
n.
com•port2 (kom′pôrt, -pōrt),USA pronunciation n.
- 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. 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
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comport /kəmˈpɔːt/ vb
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