comport an cet (komportans)

[ Goodly comport a unce each to other beare, I And entertaine themselves with court's ies meet. Spenser, F. Q., II. i. 29. With that I bethought myself, and the sweet comp or tance of that same sweet round face of thine came into my mind. Wily Beguiled (Hazlitt's Dodsley, IX. 253). comportationt (kom - pōr - ta' shon), n. [L. comportatio (n-), a bringing together, comp or tare , pp. comport at us : see comport , v .] An a emblage or collection. a settled state; arrange. Rice, wheat, beanes, and such like, which they set on the floore without a cloth, in a woodden dish, and the people compose themselues to eate the same, after the Arabian manner. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 229. In a peaceful grave my corpse compose . Dryden , Æneid. 7. To dispose; put into a proper mood or temper for any purpose. [Rare.] The whole army seemed well composed to obtain that by their swords which they could not by their pen. Clarendon, Great Rebellion, viii. IMG:content-0943.png:[blocks in formation] (dt) In printing , a compositor. Abp . Laud. composing-frame (kom-pō'zing-frām), n. Same as composing -stand.