I. də̇ˈpō(ə)r]t, dēˈ-, -ȯ(ə)r], -ōə], -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle French deporter to behave, support, spare, from Latin deportare to carry away, exile, from de- + portare to carry — more at port (to carry)
1. : carry , demean , conduct
teaching the child how to deport himself in public
2.
[Latin deportare \]
a. : to carry away or off : transport
200 miners … were forcibly deported from their homes — Zechariah Chafee
b. : to send out of the country : sentence to legal deportation
deporting criminals
in Moscow whither he had been deported — Louis Bromfield
Synonyms: see banish , behave
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, from deporter
obsolete : bearing , deportment