DEPORTING
Verb
deporting
present participle of deport
Source: Wiktionary
DEPORT
De*port", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deported; p. pr. & vb. n. Deporting.] Etym: [F. déporter 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. He told us he had been deported to Spain. Walsh.
2. 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. Pope.
De*port", n.
Definition: Behavior; carrige; demeanor; deportment. [Obs.] "Goddesslike deport." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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