comport
Other forms: comported; comports; comporting
Comport means to behave, and particularly to behave well. If you attend a school for social etiquette, you will learn how to comport yourself properly at the dinner table.
You’ll usually find comport in one of two phrases: with yourself, himself, etc., as in, "With all that burping, you did not comport yourself well at Aunt Edna’s party," or with the word with. When you see the second version, comport means something more like agree. For example, you could say, "I don’t think your ripped jeans and beat up t-shirt really comport with the guidelines for Casual Friday."
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behave in a certain mannertypes:flusterbe flustered; behave in a confused mannerdealbehave in a certain way towards otherswalk aroundbehave in a certain manner or have certain properties
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behave well or properlysynonyms: behavetypes:walklive or behave in a specified mannerassert oneselfput oneself forward in an assertive and insistent mannerremember oneselfrecover one's good manners after a lapse or stop behaving badly
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be harmonious or consistent with
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