Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-PORT'
DE-PORT', v.t. [Fr. deporter; Sp. deportar; L. deporto; de and porto, to carry.]
- With the reciprocal pronoun, to carry; to demean; to behave. Let an embassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince. – Pope.
- To transport; to carry away, or from one country to another. He told us, he had been deported to Spain, with a hundred others like himself. – Walsh.
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