[kəmˈpɔːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- conduct oneself; behave
(e.g: articulate students who comported themselves well in interviews)

- accord or agree with
(e.g: our outdated rules did not comport with 21st-century realities)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘tolerate’): from Latin comportare, from com- ‘together’ + portare ‘carry, bear’

[ˈkɒmpɔːt], (Noun)

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Origin:
late 19th century: apparently an abbreviation of French comportier, variant of compotier ‘dessert dish’