MEANING
1. To behave in a particular manner.
2. To agree or fit with something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- comport oneself with dignity
- comport oneself well
On the page
She comported herself with dignity throughout the interrogation.
He struggled to comport himself as the occasion required.
Nearby words
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Word forms
- Base
- comport
- Past tense
- comported
- Past participle
- comported
- Present participle
- comporting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- comport
- Present continuous
- am/is/are comporting
- Present perfect
- have/has comported
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been comporting
- Past
- comported
- Past continuous
- was/were comporting
- Past perfect
- had comported
- Past perfect continuous
- had been comporting
- Future
- will comport
- Future continuous
- will be comporting
- Future perfect
- will have comported
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been comporting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: comport; comports; comported; comported; comporting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: comports.
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