comport

UK /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/ US /kəmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
verb 3noun 1

Definitions

verb

1

To tolerate, bear, put up (with).

to comport with an injury

The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport.

2

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.

3

To behave (in a given manner).

She comported herself with grace.

Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself.

noun

1

Manner of acting; conduct; comportment; deportment.

I know them well, and mark'd their rude comport.

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.

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