Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Suitable; appropriate; consistent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Suitable; consistent.
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- adjective obsolete
suitable ;consistent
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although her supporters may like to see her in the VP's spot, it is not a comportable position for either her or Barack Obama.
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But we can define this predestination, that it is the eternal decree of God, by which he has wisely and justly resolved, within himself, to administer those means which are necessary and sufficient to produce faith in [the hearts of] sinful men, in such a manner as he knows to be comportable with his mercy and with his severity, to the glory of his name and to the salvation of believers.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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"Hardly expected you up here so soon after your loss," observed he, in as kindly a tone and manner as was comportable with speaking in a very loud key.
Bressant Julian Hawthorne 1890
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Laurel yielded a halting round of feeble social distractions comportable with Martella's ambitions, and was not entirely without recommendation to Pike, its contiguity to the mountains presenting advantages for sudden retreat in case fashionable society should make it advisable.
Whirligigs O. Henry 1886
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But when his nephew, leaning an elbow on the table, covered his eyes thoughtfully and dejectedly with his hand, the fine mask looked at him sideways with a stronger concentration of keenness, closeness, and dislike than was comportable with its wearer's assumption of indifference.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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But, when his nephew, leaning an elbow on the table, covered his eyes thoughtfully and dejectedly with his hand, the fine mask looked at him sideways with a stronger concentration of keenness, closeness, and dislike, than was comportable with its wearer's assumption of indifference.
A Tale of Two Cities 1859
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But, when his nephew, leaning an elbow on the table, covered his eyes thoughtfully and dejectedly with his hand, the fine mask looked at him sideways with a stronger concentration of keenness, closeness, and dislike, than was comportable with its wearer's assumption of indifference.
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens 1841
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In order for anesthesiologist to use this on you they might use other medicines and monotor you closely to keep you comportable.
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In order for anesthesiologist to use this on you they might use other medicines and monotor you closely to keep you comportable.
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