English Dictionary: deported | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deport \De*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deporting}.] [F. d[82]porter 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. 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. |