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comportcom‧port /kəmˈpɔːt $ -ˈpɔːrt/ verb comportOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French comporter ‘to carry, lead’, from Latin comportare ‘to bring together’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + portare ‘to carry’ VERB TABLEcomport |
Present | I, you, we, they | comport | | he, she, it | comports | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | comported | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have comported | | he, she, it | has comported | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had comported | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will comport | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have comported |
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Present | I | am comporting | | he, she, it | is comporting | | you, we, they | are comporting | Past | I, he, she, it | was comporting | | you, we, they | were comporting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been comporting | | he, she, it | has been comporting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been comporting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be comporting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been comporting |
- A paradigm tells us what things are like, how the world is, and how we should comport ourselves in it.
- An interpretation of scripture is presupposed in which all verses must comport with one another.
- Many animals show inherited differences in how they comport themselves.
- This is not to say that our soldiers, sailors and airmen have not comported themselves bravely when asked to do so.
► comport yourself- Leo comported himself very professionally.
- A paradigm tells us what things are like, how the world is, and how we should comport ourselves in it.
- He comported himself so stiffly during cocktails that Jim Maier suspected the bishop might be feeling intimidated.
- Many animals show inherited differences in how they comport themselves.
- This is not to say that our soldiers, sailors and airmen have not comported themselves bravely when asked to do so.
comport yourself formal to behave in a particular way: He comported himself in a way that won him respect.—comportment noun [uncountable]comport with something phrasal verb formal to follow or be in agreement with an idea, belief, or rule |