Inflected forms: trans·port·ed, trans·port·ing, trans·ports 1. To carry from one place to another; convey. See synonyms at convey. 2. To move to strong emotion; carry away; enrapture. See synonyms at enrapture. 3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport. See synonyms at banish.
NOUN:
(trnspôrt, -prt)1. The act of transporting; conveyance. 2. The condition of being transported by emotion; rapture. 3. A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment. 4. A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight. 5a. The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area. b. The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system. 6. A device that moves magnetic tape beyond the recording head, as of a tape recorder. 7. A deported convict.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin trnsportre : trns-, trans- + portre, to carry; see per-2 in Appendix I.
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