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Need money for college? Use FastWeb's free scholarship search to find information on more than 600,000 scholarships! It's easy and free. We'll match your background against our database of over 600,000 scholarships! And we'll update you when new scholarships matching your background are added to our database. FastWeb is recommended by more than 3,000 colleges and 14,000 high schools. http://www.fastweb.com/ib/dictionary-1f <A HREF="http://www.fastweb.com/ib/dictionary-1f"< AOL users click here</A< =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Word of the Day for Sunday March 24, 2002: comport \kum-PORT\, transitive verb: To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner. intransitive verb: To be fitting; to accord; to agree -- usually followed by 'with'. Considered friendly and funny in private, the queen has a formal, remote air in public that some people attribute to shyness and others say is a reflection of her belief that, as monarch, she should comport herself with dignity and restraint. --Sarah Lyall, "Tradition and Personality Keep Elizabeth Far From Her Subjects," [1]New York Times, September 5, 1997 Her aides comport themselves like members of a cult, their faces a jittery mix of adoration and fear. --Maureen Dowd, "Siamese Senators," [2]New York Times, May 26, 1999 It comports with the clear meaning of the U.S. Constitution. --"Making War the Legal Way," [3]Denver Rocky Mountain News, March 26, 1998 Fairchild says he decides cases "to comport with previous law and also with justice." --Cary Segall, "Fairchild Keeps on Judgin'," [4]Wisconsin State Journal, August 1, 1999 _________________________________________________________ Comport comes from Medieval French comporter, "to conduct," from Latin comportare, "to carry, to bring together," from com-, "with, together" + portare, "to carry." References 1. http://www.nytimes.com/ 2. http://www.nytimes.com/ 3. http://InsideDenver.com/ 4. http://www.madison.com/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: matt.motley@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-357530C@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2002 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
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