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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deport \De*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deported}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Deporting}.] [F. d['e]porter to transport for life, OF.,
     to divert, amuse, from L. deportare to carry away; de- +
     portare to carry. See {Port} demeanor.]
     1. To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into
        banishment; to expel (from a region or country).


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              He told us he had been deported to Spain. --Walsh.
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     2. To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by
        the reflexive pronoun.
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              Let an ambassador deport himself in the most
              graceful manner befor a prince.       --Pope.
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