Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner.
- intransitive verb To agree, correspond, or harmonize.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A perverted form in trade catalogues. etc., of compote. 2.
- To be suitable; agree; accord; fit; suit: followed by with (formerly also by unto).
- To bear; endure: with with.
- To behave; conduct: with a reflexive pronoun.
- To bear; endure.
- noun Behavior; conduct; demeanor; manner of acting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To bear or endure; to put up (with).
- intransitive verb To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by
with . - transitive verb obsolete To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.
- transitive verb To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
- noun obsolete Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Manner of acting;
conduct ;deportment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb behave in a certain manner
- verb behave well or properly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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PS: Tom Delay's aide said he probably won't meet with me because I don't "comport" myself properly.
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The conclusion reached in the foregoing pages that the animal sculptures are not "exact and faithful copies from nature," but are imitations of a general rather than of a special character, such as comport better with the state of art as developed among certain of the Indian tribes than among a people that has achieved any notable advance in culture is important not only in its bearing on the questions previously noticed in this paper, but in its relation to another and highly interesting class of sculptures.
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The States and their officers are bound by obligations imposed by the Constitution and by federal statutes that comport with the constitutional design.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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"The bottom line is, everybody's got to comport themselves," he said.
More Injured by Bicyclists Erica Orden 2011
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Mr. Browne said the data also show that stops "comport by race with victim crime reports."
Quinn Hits Police Over Stop Policy Michael Howard Saul 2012
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So the idea that reunification caused per capita GDP in Germany to crater, while it has a surface plausibility, does not appear to comport with the data.
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So the idea that reunification caused per capita GDP in Germany to crater, while it has a surface plausibility, does not appear to comport with the data.
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Positive law that does not comport with the natural law (law intended to protect natural rights of individuals) always and everywhere, without exception, ends in the Rule of Man — via the Miracle of Selective Enforcement if via no other means.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Exxon is Not the Audubon Society 2010
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Despite the extensive examinations of the issue offered by CRS and the Indiana Court of Appeals, WND has apparently chosen to ignore them because they don't comport with WND's anti-Obama agenda.
Terry Krepel: WorldNetDaily's Natural Born Misleaders Terry Krepel 2011
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Mr. Browne, the police spokesman, maintains that the stop numbers "comport by race with victim-crime reports."
Stop-and-Frisks Hit Record in 2011 Sean Gardiner 2012
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