comport
verb/kəmˈpɔːt/
/kəmˈpɔːrt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they comport | /kəmˈpɔːt/ /kəmˈpɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it comports | /kəmˈpɔːts/ /kəmˈpɔːrts/ |
| past simple comported | /kəmˈpɔːtɪd/ /kəmˈpɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle comported | /kəmˈpɔːtɪd/ /kəmˈpɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form comporting | /kəmˈpɔːtɪŋ/ /kəmˈpɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- comport yourself + adv./prep. to behave in a particular way
- She always comports herself with great dignity.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘tolerate’): from Latin comportare, from com- ‘together’ + portare ‘carry, bear’.
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