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Webster 1913 Edition
Deport
De-port′
,Verb.
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).
He told us he had been
deported
to Spain. Walsh.
2.
To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; – followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Let an ambassador
deport
himself in the most graceful manner befor a prince. Pope.
De-port′
,Noun.
Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment.
[Obs.]
“Goddesslike deport.” Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deport
DEPORT
,Verb.
T.
1.
With the reciprocal pronoun, to carry; to demean; to behave.Let an embassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.
2.
To transport; to carry away, or from one country to another.He told us, he had been deported to Spain, with a hundred others like himself.
DEPORT
,Noun.