— transportable , adj. — transportability , n. — transportive , adj.
v. /trans pawrt", -pohrt"/ ; n. /trans"pawrt, -pohrt/ , v.t.
1. to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
2. to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.
3. to send into banishment, esp. to a penal colony.
n.
4. the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.
5. a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus.
6. a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.
7. an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.
8. a system of public travel.
9. transportation (def. 6).
10. strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc.
11. a convict sent into banishment, esp. to a penal colony: The country had been colonized largely by transports.
12. Recording. Also called tape transport . a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder.
[ 1325-75; ME transporten (v.) transportare to carry across. See TRANS-, PORT 5 ]
Syn. 1. See carry. 10. rapture, happiness. See ecstasy .