De*port" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deported; p. pr. & vb. n. Deporting.] [F. d'eporter 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.
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De*port" (?), n.
Behavior; carrige; demeanor; deportment.
[Obs.] "Goddesslike
deport."
Milton.
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