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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.
[L. To carry.]
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.
Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment; as goddess-like deport.

Definition 2024


deport

deport

English

Verb

deport (third-person singular simple present deports, present participle deporting, simple past and past participle deported)

  1. (reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave.
    • Alexander Pope
      Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.
  2. (transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
    • Walsh
      He told us he had been deported to Spain.

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Anagrams


Catalan

Noun

deport m (plural deports)

  1. sport

Synonyms


Old French

Noun

deport m (oblique plural deporz or deportz, nominative singular deporz or deportz, nominative plural deport)

  1. enjoyment; fun
    • circa 1200, Unknown author, Aucassin et Nicolette:
      Qui vauroit bons vers oïr
      del deport du viel antif
      Who would like to hear a few good lines
      Of amusement from the old storyteller

Descendants


Old Provençal

Noun

deport m (oblique plural deports, nominative singular deports, nominative plural deport)

  1. enjoyment; fun