Dictionary entry

Deport

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐port″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deported; p. pr. & vb. n.Deporting.] [F. déporter 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.

He told us he had been deported to Spain. Walsh.

2. To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; — followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner befor a prince. Pope.