Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to comport
Participle: comported
Gerund: comporting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | comport |
| you | comport |
| he;she;it | comports |
| we | comport |
| you | comport |
| they | comport |
Perfect
| I | have comported |
| you | have comported |
| he;she;it | has comported |
| we | have comported |
| you | have comported |
| they | have comported |
Past
| I | comported |
| you | comported |
| he;she;it | comported |
| we | comported |
| you | comported |
| they | comported |
Pluperfect
| I | had comported |
| you | had comported |
| he;she;it | had comported |
| we | had comported |
| you | had comported |
| they | had comported |
Future
| I | will comport |
| you | will comport |
| he;she;it | will comport |
| we | will comport |
| you | will comport |
| they | will comport |
Future Perfect
| I | will have comported |
| you | will have comported |
| he;she;it | will have comported |
| we | will have comported |
| you | will have comported |
| they | will have comported |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | comport |
| you | comport |
| he;she;it | comport |
| we | comport |
| you | comport |
| they | comport |
Perfect
| I | have comported |
| you | have comported |
| he;she;it | have comported |
| we | have comported |
| you | have comported |
| they | have comported |
Imperfect
| I | comported |
| you | comported |
| he;she;it | comported |
| we | comported |
| you | comported |
| they | comported |
Pluperfect
| I | had comported |
| you | had comported |
| he;she;it | had comported |
| we | had comported |
| you | had comported |
| they | had comported |
Conditional
Present
| I | would comport |
| you | would comport |
| he;she;it | would comport |
| we | would comport |
| you | would comport |
| they | would comport |
Perfect
| I | would have comported |
| you | would have comported |
| he;she;it | would have comported |
| we | would have comported |
| you | would have comported |
| they | would have comported |
Imperative
| you | comport |
| we | Let's comport |
| you | comport |
Verbs conjugated like 'comport'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'comport'
colport,
comfort,
compart,
compost,
cohort,
compact,
compare,
compere,
complot,
compone,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1385, from M.Fr.
comporter "endure, behave," from L.
comportare "to bring together," from
com- "together" +
portare "to carry" (see port (1)). Meaning "to agree with, suit" (with
with) is from 1589.
2. From late Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, from Latin comportare (“to bring together”), from com- (“together”) + portare (“to carry”). See: Latin '
comportare'.
Sample Sentences
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to comport with an injury
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The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport. [1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:]
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The new rules did not seem to comport with the spirit of the club.
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How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. [1622 May 24 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Prophetesse”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:]
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How their behaviour herein comported with the institution. [a. 1705 (date written), [John Locke], “[(please specify the title)]”, in A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 17, →OCLC:]
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She comported herself with grace.
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Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself. [1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:]
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Though genial enough when she got her way, on the rare occasions when people attempted to thwart her she was apt to comport herself in a manner reminiscent of Cleopatra on one of the latter’s bad mornings. [1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter I, in Leave It to Psmith:]