adj. prenom. 1. of the greatest importance. the all-important subject of disarmament
Syn. -- all important(predicate), crucial, essential, of the essence(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. LL. anteporta. ] An outer port, gate, or door. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An outer porch or vestibule. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + port. ] (Naut.) On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. apporter to bring in, fr. L. apportare; ad + portare to bear. ] A bringer in; an importer. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apportioned p. pr. & vb. n. Apportioning. ] [ OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion. ] To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who apportions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum. ] The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. asportatio, fr. asportare to carry away; abs = ab + portare to bear, carry. ] (Law) The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods are not carried from the house or apartment. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Cinque + port. ] (Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Colporteur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. colporteur one who carries on his neck, fr. colporter to carry on one's neck; col (L. collum) neck + porter (L. portare) to carry. ] A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Comported; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

How their behavior herein comported with the institution. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The malcontented sort
That never can the present state comport. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. comport. ] Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable; consistent. [ Obs. ] “Some comportable method.” Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior; comport. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. comportatio. ] A bringing together. [ Obs. ] Bp. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. comportement. ] Manner of acting; behavior; bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

A graceful comportment of their bodies. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her serious and devout comportment. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Equal share. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the name of the original maker. Encyc. Dict. ] A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir. [ 1913 Webster ]

A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing. A. B. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment. [ Obs. ] “Goddesslike deport.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deported; p. pr. & vb. n. Deporting. ] [ F. déporter to transport for life, OF., to divert, amuse, from L. deportare to carry away; de- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor. ] 1. To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment; to expel (from a region or country). [ 1913 Webster ]

He told us he had been deported to Spain. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner befor a prince. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depotatio: cf. F. déportation. ] The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation. [ 1913 Webster ]

In their deportations, they had often the favor of their conquerors. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who was expelled from home or country by governmental authority; one who has been deported.
Syn. -- exile. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. déportement misconduct, OF., demeanor. See Deport. ] Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through many difficulties. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deportment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Stately port and majestical deporture. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. See Disport. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v. i., and cf. Sport. ] Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Disported; p. pr. & vb. n. Disporting. ] [ OF. se desporter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. porter to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one's self away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See Port demeanor, and cf. Sport. ] To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun,
Disporting there like any other fly. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. desporter. See Disport, v. i. ] 1. To divert or amuse; to make merry. [ 1913 Webster ]

They could disport themselves. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove from a port; to carry away. Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of disporting; diversion; play. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion. ] 1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disproportioned p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning. ] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. [ 1913 Webster ]

To shape my legs of an unequal size;
To disproportion me in every part. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exported; p. pr. & vb. n. Exporting. ] [ L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to carry : cf. F. exporter. See Port demeanor. ] 1. To carry away; to remove. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, exports. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports. A. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being suitable for exportation. [ 1913 Webster ]

To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exportatio: cf. F. exporation. ] 1. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Commodity exported; an export. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of carrying out. [ R. ] Bourne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an airport for helicopters. [ WordNet 1.5 ]