▪ I. † deˈport, n. Obs.
[a. OF. deport, desport, bodily manner of being, joyous manifestation, diversion, pleasure, in mod.F. déport action of deporting oneself; f. deporter, desporter, mod.F. déporter to deport.]
1. Joy, pleasure; = disport.
| c 1477 Caxton Jason 33 b, Alas my dere lady all good and honour cometh of you, and ye be all my deport and fortune. |
2. Behaviour, bearing, deportment.
(The Caxton quotation doubtfully belongs here.)
| 1474 Caxton Chesse ii. ii. B v b, Whan thys emperours sone had seen and advertysed her deportes, her countenaunce, her manere, and her beaulte, he was alle ravysshed and esprysed with her loue forthwyth. 1665 J. Spencer Vulg. Prophecies 22 A Doctrine, which the deport of the Soul, while a prisoner to its own house, seems a little to encourage. 1667 Milton P.L. ix. 389 But Delia's self In gate [she] surpass'd and Goddess-like deport. 1716 Cibber Love Makes Man iv. i, He seem'd, by his Deport, of France, or England. 1740 Somerville Hobbinol iii. 172 Her superior Mien, And Goddess-like Deport. |
▪ II. deport, v.
(dɪˈpɔət)
[In branch I, a. OF. deporter (mod.F. dé-), f. de- (de- I. 1 or 3) + porter to carry. In branch II = mod.F. déporter (1798 in Dict. Acad.), ad. L. dēportāre to carry off, convey away, transport, banish, f. de- I. 2 + portāre to carry. The two branches are treated by Darmesteter as historically distinct words in French.]
I. † 1. trans. To bear with, to be forbearing towards; to treat with consideration, to spare. Obs.
| 1474 Caxton Chesse ii. v. D v, Saynt Austyn de ciuitate dei sayth thus; Thou emperour..deporte and forbere thy subgettis. 1481 ― Godfrey 18 That ye deporte and honoure my poure lygnage. |
† 2. a. refl. To abstain, refrain, forbear. Obs.
| c 1477 Caxton Jason 14 b, I me deporte from hensforth for to speke ony more of this mater. 1483 ― G de la Tour N iij b, [I] myght wel haue deported my self of takyng of thoffyce. 1613 Treas. Aunc. & Mod. Times 698/1 To deport himselfe from any further mollestation of the Christians. |
† b. absol. in same sense. Obs.
| c 1477 Caxton Jason 67, I shall deporte and tarye for this present tyme to speke of the faytes of Jason. 1489 ― Faytes of A. i. i. 9 To deporte and forbere tempryse warre. |
† 3. trans. ? To raise, lift up. Obs.
| 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 33/2 Synge ye to hym in deportyng your voys [psallite ei in vociferatione]. |
4. a. refl. To bear or conduct oneself (with reference to manner); to behave; = comport v. 3.
| 1598 Barret Theor. Warres i. ii. 11 He shall deporte himselfe neither cruell nor couetous. a 1661 Fuller Worthies ii. (1662) 239 He so prudently deported himself, that he soon gained the favour and esteem of the whole Court. 1741 Richardson Pamela (1742) IV. 62 How to deport myself with that modest Freedom and Ease. 1840 Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) V. 38 They always deported themselves like gentlemen. 1885 Law Times 30 May 83/2 Throughout his career he has deported himself as became The Macdermot. |
† b. absol. To behave. Obs. rare.
| 1667 Waterhouse Fire Lond. 113 Mercy abused and ingratefully deported to. |
II. 5. a. trans. To carry away, carry off, remove, transport; esp. to remove into exile, to banish.
| a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 331 Archelaus..was..deposed and deported to Vienna. 1809 Edin. Rev. Apr. 237 Tron{cced}on Ducoudray..was deported to Cayenne. 1856 Grote Greece ii. xcv. XII. 377 To..punish this sentiment by disfranchising or deporting two thirds of the citizens. 1886 Manch. Exam. 8 Jan. 6/1 Brushing the snow and slush into little mounds, from which it was easily collected into carts and deported to the Thames. |
b. In Indian use, = detain v. 1. So deporˈtation = detention 1.
| 1909 J. Morley Indian Speeches 144 Great uneasiness is growing in the House of Commons as to the matter of deportation. You know what deportation means. It means that nine Indian gentlemen on December 13 last were arrested and are now detained. Ibid. 149 If he is one of these nine deported men, he is not put into contact with criminal persons. 1910 V. Chirol Indian Unrest vii. 99 The deportation struck just at that type of agitator whose influence is most pernicious because it is most subtle. 1914 Mrs. Besant India & the Empire 123 Harmless men like my friend Lajpat Rai, who is here, are deported or imprisoned without trial. |
Hence deˈported ppl. a., carried into exile.
| a 1632 Sir D. Carleton in Cabbala (R.), Better dealing then was used to the deported House of Saxe. 1880 K. Johnston Lond. Geog. 88 A very small military force, chiefly of deported convicts. |