Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
COMPORT
behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
(verb) behave in a certain manner; “She carried herself well”; “he bore himself with dignity”; “They conducted themselves well during these difficult times”
behave, comport
(verb) behave well or properly; “The children must learn to behave”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
comport (third-person singular simple present comports, present participle comporting, simple past and past participle comported)
(obsolete, ambitransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with). [16th–19th c.]
(intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord. [from 16th c.]
(reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
• (be in agreement): cohere
• (behave): carry oneself, bear oneself
Noun
comport
(obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; deportment.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*port", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Comported; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting.] Etym: [F. comporter, LL. comportare, fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor.]
1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.] Barrow.
2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with. How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. Beau. & Fl. How their behavior herein comported with the institution. Locke.
Com*port", v. t.
1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.] The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport. Daniel.
2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun. Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself. Burke.
Com"port (, formerly , n. Etym: [Cf.OF. comport.]
Definition: Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.] I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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