comport

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

comport
    v 1: behave well or properly; "The children must learn to
         behave" [syn: {behave}, {comport}] [ant: {misbehave},
         {misconduct}, {misdemean}]
    2: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he
       bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well
       during these difficult times" [syn: {behave}, {acquit},
       {bear}, {deport}, {conduct}, {comport}, {carry}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Comport \Com"port\ (?, formerly ?), 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Comport \Com*port"\, 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}.]
   1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with
      an injury. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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   2. 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Comport \Com*port"\, v. t.
   1. 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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   2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
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            Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself.
                                                  --Burke.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "comport":
      accord, acquit, act, bear, carry, check, conduct, correspond,
      demean, deport, dovetail, fit in, gee, go, go on, quit, square,
      tally