de-porter
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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| —vb | |
| 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 |
| [C15: from French déporter, from Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish, from | |
| de'portable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
deport
late 15c., "behavior, bearing," from M.Fr. deporter "behave," from de- "thoroughly, formally" + porter "to carry, bear oneself;" original sense preserved in deportment. Meaning "banish" is first recorded 1640s, from Fr. déporter, from L. deportare "carry off, transport,
banish;" associated by folk etymology with portus "harbor." Deportee first attested 1895.
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