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; to expel (from a region or country).
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He told us he had been deported to Spain. --Walsh.
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2. To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by
the reflexive pronoun.
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Let an ambassador deport himself in the most
graceful manner befor a prince. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deport \De*port"\, n.
Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment. [Obs.] "Goddesslike
deport." --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deport
v 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, acquit,
bear, conduct, comport, carry]
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, deliver]
3: expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed
a letter protesting the government's actions" [syn: expatriate,
exile] [ant: repatriate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "deport":
abstract, acquit, act, assign, ban, banish, bear, blackball, carry,
carry over, cast off, cast out, chuck, clear, clear away,
clear out, clear the decks, communicate, comport, conduct, consign,
cut, cut out, deliver, demean, diffuse, disfellowship, displace,
dispose of, disseminate, eject, elide, eliminate, emigrate,
eradicate, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel,
export, extradite, fugitate, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of,
go on, hand forward, hand on, hand over, impart, import, lag,
liquidate, make over, metastasize, metathesize, ostracize, oust,
out-migrate, outlaw, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck,
perfuse, pick out, proscribe, purge, quit, relay, relegate,
remigrate, remove, root out, root up, rusticate, send away,
send down, send to Coventry, snub, spread, spurn, strike off,
strike out, switch, throw over, throw overboard, thrust out,
transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate,
transmit, transplace, transplant, transport, transpose, turn over,
weed out
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Deport, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 718
Housing Units (2000): 314
Land area (2000): 1.114728 sq. miles (2.887131 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.114728 sq. miles (2.887131 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20020
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.526642 N, 95.316725 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75435
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Deport, TX
Deport
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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