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deportation|diːpəˈteɪʃən| [ad. L. dēportātiōn-em, n. of action from dēportāre to carry off, convey away, transport: see deport v. II. Cf. F. déportation (15–16th c. in Hatzf., not in Cotgr.), the modern common use of which has influenced that of the English word.] 1. The action of carrying away; forcible removal, esp. into exile; transportation.
1595in Cramond Ann. Banff II. 21 Reservand the tua pairt to the present Viccare to his death or deportatione. 1605G. Powel Refut. Epist. Puritan Papist 112 Banishment..among the Romanes was 3-fold, Interdiction, Relegation, and Deportation. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts Ezek. i. 2 The first deportation into Babylon. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 15 An Abjuration, which is a Deportation for ever into a foreign Land, was antiently with us, a civil Death. 1860Sat. Rev. X. 510/2 Wholesale deportations to Cayenne. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. liv. 443 The mass of the Jewish residents..had been more than once swept away by general edicts of exile or deportation. 1877C. Geikie Christ xxxi. (1879) 364 After the deportation of the ten tribes to Assyria. ¶2. Deportment. pseudo-archaism.
1616J. Lane Cont. Sqr.'s T. ix. 144 The vulgar admiration Stoode stupified att Horbills deportation. |