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comport

verb as in agree

verb as in behave

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

This reported contentment is hardly a surprise: the index's results comport with similar recent polls.

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

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

If one judges people in part by the way they and their family comport themselves—and we all do—then the verdict is clear.

The gentlemen awaited her with impatience, the ladies with curiosity, to see how she would comport herself in her new situation.

He told his disciples that they would be dragged before the judges, and gave them advice as to how they should comport themselves.

To use the words of Prof. Venable, they do not "comport with the general delicacy of the book."

In every way they comport themselves just as old ducks do and not at all in the ways of their hen mother.

Does it comport with our honor and dignity to admit into our ports and harbors the very vessels destroying our commerce?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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