Definitions for comport

comport com·port

Spelling: [kuh m-pawrt, -pohrt]
IPA: /kəmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt/

Comport is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in comport (cmooprt).

Definitions for comport

noun

  1. Obsolete. comportment.
  2. a large English glass dish of the 18th century used for holding fruit or candy and having a wide, shallow top supported by heavy stem and foot; compote.

verb (used with object)

  1. to bear or conduct (oneself); behave:

verb (used without object)

  1. to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with):

Origin of comport

1350-1400; Middle English Middle French comporter Latin comportāre to transport, equivalent to com- com- + portāre to port5

Examples for comport

And a truly bad ticker does not comport well with the stress of a presidential campaign.

According to the court, any other interpretation did not comport with the well-established meaning of “continue.”

He was a memorable teacher nonetheless, simply by providing himself as an example in how to comport yourself.

They would not comport with the present condition of things in the Church of God.

How was she to comport herself in the society of all these high and haughty dames?

This surely, sir, does not comport with the conduct of the House.

Nor do the descriptions of Behemoth and Leviathan comport with the dragon-form.

If it does not comport with the title of the bill, alter the latter.

This manner of speaking was new, and did not comport with the state or fortunes of the helmsman.

comport thyself as I do bid thee and art a made man indeed.'

Word Value for comport
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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