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deport

[dih-pawrt, -pohrt]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
  2. to send or carry off; transport, especially forcibly: The country deported its criminals.
  3. to bear, conduct, or behave (oneself) in a particular manner.
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Origin of deport

1475–85; < Middle French déporter < Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish oneself, equivalent to dē- de- + portāre to carry; see port5
Related formsde·port·a·ble, adjectivede·por·tee, nounde·port·er, nounnon·de·port·a·ble, adjectivenon·de·port·ed, adjective, nounun·de·port·ed, adjective
Can be confuseddeport disport
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  • By Jove, I wish we could fix something on that man and get the government to deport him.

  • Through all the trying hours of that ordeal how like a hero did he deport himself!

  • The government looked into the matter and decided to deport them.

  • Exactly as before she appeared, so he continued to deport himself.

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  • That is, it is for you to say how you will deport yourself on matters of religion.

British Dictionary definitions for deport

deport

verb (tr)
  1. to remove (an alien) forcibly from a country; expel
  2. to carry (an inhabitant) forcibly away from his homeland; transport; exile; banish
  3. to conduct, hold, or behave (oneself) in a specified manner
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Derived Formsdeportable, adjective

Word Origin

C15: from French déporter, from Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish, from de- + portāre to carry
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Word Origin and History for deport

v.

late 15c., "to behave," from Old French deporter "behave" (12c.), from de- "thoroughly, formally" + porter "to carry, bear oneself" (see port (n.3)). Original sense preserved in deportment.

Meaning "banish" is first recorded 1640s, from Modern French déporter, from Latin deportare "carry off, transport, banish, exile," from de- in its sense of "off, away" + portare "to carry" (but associated by folk etymology with portus "harbor"). "The two branches are treated by Darmesteter as historically distinct words in French" [OED]. Related: Deported; deporting.

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