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portance arch.|ˈpɔətəns|
Also 6 -aunce.
[a. obs. F. portance action of carrying, support, favour, importance, etc., vbl. n. f. porter to carry, port v.1: see -ance.]
Carriage, bearing, demeanour (= port n.4 1); conduct, behaviour.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. iii. 5 In court gay portaunce he perceiv'd. Ibid. 21 A goodly Ladie..That seemd to be a woman of great worth, And by her stately portance borne of heavenly birth. 1607Shakes. Cor. ii. iii. 232 Your Loues, Thinking vpon his Seruices, tooke from you Th'apprehension of his present portance. 1881A. J. Duffield Don Quix. II. 504 A good knight errant..with a gentle portance and intrepid heart. |