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Webster 1913 Edition

Transportation

Transˊpor-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
transportatio
: cf. F.
transportation
.]
1.
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.
To provide a vessel for their
transportation
.
Sir H. Wotton.
2.
Transport; ecstasy.
[R.]
South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transportation

TRANSPORTA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of carrying or conveying from one place to another, either on beasts or in vehicles, by land or water, or in air. Goods in Asia are transported on camels; in Europe and America, either on beasts or on carriages or sleds. But transportation by water is the great means of commercial intercourse.
1.
Banishment for felony.
2.
Transmission; conveyance.
3.
Transport; ecstasy. [Little used.]
4.
Removal from one country to another; as the transportation of plants.

Definition 2024

transportâtion

transportâtion

See also: transportation

Norman

Noun

transportâtion f ‎(plural transportâtions)

  1. (Jersey) transportation

Etymology

Borrowing from French transportation.

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