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Dictionary: de·port   (dĭ-pôrt', -pōrt') pronunciation
tr.v., -port·ed, -port·ing, -ports.
  1. To expel from a country. See synonyms at banish.
  2. To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport.

[French déporter, to banish, from Latin dēportāre, to carry away : dē-, de- + portāre, to carry. Sense 2, Middle English, from Old French deporter, to behave, from Latin dēportāre.]


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verb

  1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree: banish, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, transport. See accept/reject.
  2. To conduct oneself in a specified way: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, demean, do, quit. See be.

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v

Definition: banish
Antonyms: allow, permit, stay


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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: behave in a certain manner
  Synonyms: behave, acquit, bear, conduct, comport, carry

Meaning #2: hand over to the authorities of another country
  Synonyms: extradite, deliver, surrender

Meaning #3: expel from a country
  Synonyms: expatriate, exile


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - deportere, udvise, opføre sig, føre sig, optræde

Nederlands (Dutch)
deporteren (uitzetten/ verbannen), (zich) gedragen

Français (French)
v. tr. - expulser de, déporter (de, à), (Hist) déporter (un prisonnier), se comporter

Deutsch (German)
v. - deportieren, ausweisen, sich benehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (νομ.) απελαύνω, εκτοπίζω, συμπεριφέρομαι

Italiano (Italian)
deportare, comportarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - deportar

Русский (Russian)
депортировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - deportar, expulsar, comportarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - deportera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
举止, 驱逐

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 舉止, 驅逐

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 해외로 축출하다, 수송하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 国外に退去させる, 追放する, 運ぶ, 処する, 振る舞う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينفي ( شخص) من بلد, يرحل ( شخص) من بلد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היגלה, גירש, התנהג‬


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