De*port" (?), n. Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment. [Obs.]
"Goddesslike deport." Milton.
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.
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