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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.
Definition 2024
deport
deport
English
Verb
deport (third-person singular simple present deports, present participle deporting, simple past and past participle deported)
- (reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave.
- Alexander Pope
- Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.
- Alexander Pope
- (transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
- Walsh
- He told us he had been deported to Spain.
- Walsh
Translations
to evict, especially from a country
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Anagrams
Old French
Noun
deport m (oblique plural deporz or deportz, nominative singular deporz or deportz, nominative plural deport)
- 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
- Who would like to hear a few good lines
-
Qui vauroit bons vers oïr
-
Descendants
Old Provençal
Noun
deport m (oblique plural deports, nominative singular deports, nominative plural deport)
- enjoyment; fun
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Ges de chantar no.m pren talans
- Que d'aqui mou deportz e chans
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Ges de chantar no.m pren talans