Defn: Suitable; consistent. [Obs.] "Some comportable method." Wotton.
COMPORTANCE
Com*port"ance, n.
Defn: Behavior; comport. [Obs.]
Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser.
COMPORTATION
Com`por*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. comportatio.]
Defn: A bringing together. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.
COMPORTMENT
Com*port"ment, n. Etym: [F. comportement.]
Defn: Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.
A graceful comportment of their bodies. Cowley.
Her serious and devout comportment. Addison.
COMPOSE
Com*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Composed; p. pr. & vb. n. Composing.]
Etym: [F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L.
componere, but the prigin is different. See Pose, v. t.]
1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all pious affection. Bp. Sprat.
2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to
constitute.
Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. Milton.
A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. I.
Watts.