Main Entry: de·port

Pronunciation: \di-ˈpȯrt, dē-\

Function: transitive verb

Etymology: Middle French deporter, from Latin deportare to carry away, from de- + portare to carry — more at fare

Date: 1598

1 : to behave or comport (oneself) especially in accord with a code
2 [Latin deportare] a : to carry away b : to send out of the country by legal deportation

synonyms see banish, behave