In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COMPORTS
Verb
comports
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comport
Source: Wiktionary
COMPORT
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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