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deport definition

de·port (dē pôrt′, di-)

transitive verb

  1. to behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified way

  2. Etymology: Fr déporter < L deportare, to carry away, banish < de-, from + portare

    to carry or send away; specif., to force (an alien) to leave a country by official order; expel

Etymology: OFr deporter < de- (L de), intens. + porter < L portare, to carry, bear: see port

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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