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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
de·port       [di-pawrt, -pohrt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
2.to send or carry off; transport, esp. forcibly: The country deported its criminals.
3.to bear, conduct, or behave (oneself) in a particular manner.

[Origin: 1475–85; < MF déporter < L déportāre to carry away, banish oneself, equiv. to dé- de- + portāre to carry; see port5]

de·port·a·ble, adjective
de·por·tee, noun
de·port·er, noun
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
de·port       (dĭ-pôrt', -pōrt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   de·port·ed, de·port·ing, de·ports
  1. To expel from a country. See Synonyms at banish.
  2. To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport.


[French déporter, to banish, from Latin dēportāre, to carry away : dē-, de- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, Middle English, from Old French deporter, to behave, from Latin dēportāre.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
deport 
1474, "behavior, bearing," from M.Fr. deporter "behave," from de- "thoroughly, formally" + porter "to carry, bear oneself;" original sense preserved in deportment (1601). Meaning "banish" is first recorded 1641, from Fr. déporter, from L. deportare "carry off, transport, banish;" associated by folk etymology with portus "harbor." Deportee first attested 1895.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
deport

verb
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
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
3. expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" [syn: expatriate] [ant: repatriate

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: de·port
Pronunciation: di-'pOrt
Function: transitive verb
: to send (an alien) out of a country by order of deportation —compare EXCLUDEde·port·able adjective

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Deport, TX (city, FIPS 20020) Location: 33.52907 N, 95.31745 W
Population (1990): 746 (311 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 75435

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Deport

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

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