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trans·port·ed

[trans-pawr-tid, -pohr-]
adjective
1.
emotionally moved; ecstatic: transported by the music
2.
taken or carried from one place to another.

Origin:
1590–1600; transport + -ed2

trans·port·ed·ly, adverb
un·trans·port·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History

transport
late 14c., from O.Fr. transporter "carry or convey across" (14c.), from L. transportare, from trans- "across" + portare "to carry" (see port (1)). Sense of "carry away with strong feelings" is first recorded 1509. Meaning "to carry away into banishment" is recorded from 1660s.
The noun is attested from mid-15c., originally "mental exaltation;" sense of "means of transportation" is recorded from 1690s. Transportation "act of transporting" is recorded from 1530s. In the sense of "means of conveyance" it is first recorded 1853.
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Medical Dictionary

transport trans·port (trāns'pôrt')
n.
The movement or transference of biochemical substances that occurs in biological systems.

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