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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEPORT, v.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, n. Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment; as goddess-like deport.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry]
2: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" [syn: extradite, deliver, deport]
3: expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" [syn: expatriate, deport, exile] [ant: repatriate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle French deporter, from Latin deportare to carry away, from de- + portare to carry — more at fare Date: 1598 1. to behave or comport (oneself) especially in accord with a code 2. [Latin deportare] a. to carry away b. to send out of the country by legal deportation Synonyms: see banish, behave

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 a remove (an immigrant or foreigner) forcibly to another country; banish. b exile (a native) to another country. 2 refl. conduct (oneself) or behave (in a specified manner) (deported himself well). Derivatives: deportable adj. deportation n. Etymology: OF deporter and (sense 1) F déporter (as DE-, L portare carry)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Deport De*port", n. Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment. [Obs.] ``Goddesslike deport.'' --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Deport De*port", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deported; p. pr. & vb. n. Deporting.] [F. d['e]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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(deports, deporting, deported) If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there. ...a government decision earlier this month to deport all illegal immigrants... VERB: V n • deportation (deportations) ...thousands of Albanian migrants facing deportation... N-VAR

Moby Thesaurus

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