se comporter — meaning in English

English meaning

• act verb To do something; to take action.
• behave verb To act in a particular way, or to act properly and politely.
• comport verb To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
• conduct noun The way a person behaves, especially in terms of morals or manners.

Senses

se comporter is used for these senses in English:

• act (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
• behave (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
• comport (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]
• conduct (transitive, reflexive) To behave.

act — full definition

1. verb To do something; to take action.
2. verb To perform a role in a play, film, or show.
3. verb To behave in a particular way.
4. noun Something done; a deed.
5. noun A law passed by a legislative body.

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