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/dɪpˈɔrt/ Listen

verb

Deport v. t. (past & past part. deported; pres. part. deporting)

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment; to expel (from a region or country). "He told us he had been deported to Spain."

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."

noun

Deport n. Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment. (Obs.) "Goddesslike deport."

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"Deport" Quotes from Famous Books

... features of American politics. In the summer of 1798, three laws were enacted which have become synonymous with party folly. Two—the Alien Acts—authorized the President at his discretion to imprison or deport any alien, friend or enemy; the third—the Sedition Act—punished by fine and imprisonment any utterance or publication tending to cause opposition to a federal law or to bring into contempt the federal government or any of its officers. Such statutes had stood in England since ...

— The Wars Between England and America • T. C. Smith

... make a mortal enemy, Colonel Le Noir. However, Herbert soon marked out his course of conduct, which was to avoid Le Noir as much as was consistent with his own official duty, and, when compelled to meet him, to deport himself with the cold ceremony of a subordinate to a ...

— Capitola's Peril - A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand' • Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth

... the very roots of her coarse, sandy hair—amazed to see her husband deport himself in this style, and almost suffocated by the necessity of restraining her wrath, Madame de Fondege was heroic enough to smile, though her eyes flashed ominously. But the General was not at all dismayed. On the contrary, he cared ...

— Baron Trigault's Vengeance - Volume 2 (of 2) • Emile Gaboriau

... accordance with the sacred impulse of love, you are now, let us conceive, pledged to one, who anticipates a future consummation with you, of the dearest relation which man can form. What views ought you to take of your present situation? and how should you deport yourself in your intercourse with this ...

— The Young Maiden • A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey

... and held in a better place. I have seen the time when a political convention without a disturbance and the drawing of weapons was rare. That time is past in Colorado, and it is due to the presence of women. Every man now shows that civility which makes him take off his hat and not swear, and deport himself decently when ladies are present. Instead of women's going to the polls corrupting them it has purified the polls. Husband and wife go there together. No one insults them. There are no drunken men there, nothing but what ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various

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