port-, portat-

The production of material objects, supposedly by occult means, at a spiritualistic séance; also, an object so produced. Usually in the plural.

Previously, it meant: bearing, carriage, demeanor (now obsolete); or a reference to things brought; offerings; revenues; aids (now obsolete).

In its verb form, apport means to bring, to produce; to arrive at.

Capable of being brought forward, or produced.

To carry away, to remove feloniously.

The action of carrying off; in Law, the felonious removal of property.

The work of a colporteur; specifically, the distribution of religious books and tracts by colporteurs.

A hawker of books, newspapers, etc. especially (in English use) one employed by a society to travel about and sell or distribute Bibles and religious writings.

Literally, “to carry together”; to conduct or behave oneself in a given way; such as, “to comport oneself with tact”. To act in a particular manner; to behave; to bear, to endure; to tolerate. Also seen as: comportable, comportableness, and comportance.

Personal behavior, public conduct, or course of action: "The positive comportment of the politician encouraged many people to vote for him."

"The good comportments of the students made it easier for the teacher to teach and for the students to learn more."

1. To expel from a country; especially, to remove into exile, to banish.
2. To behave or to conduct (oneself) in a specified manner.
3. Etymology: form Latin de-, "away" + portare, "to carry".

Subject to or punishable by deportation.

1. The forcible transfer of a foreign national from a country: "The deportation of the couple took place when they were found to be without a visa or the official stamp in their passports that would allow them to legally enter the country."
2. The removal or sending back of aliens to the country from which they came because their presence is legally considered inconsistent with public safety: "Deportations may be done without any punishments being imposed or considered for the deportees."

A deported individual.

The way a person or people conduct or behave themselves; especially, according to an acceptable code of social behavior: "The parents were told that if their daughter's deportment didn't improve, the school principal would have to expel her."

"The football team was told on several occasions that they are required to follow the rules of good deportment on and off the field."

"As the manager of the store, in addition to being in charge of the administration of the products being sold, he or she is also responsible for the deportment of the employees who are serving the customers."

1. Sending someone out of a country, usually because they don't have a legal right to be there: "The authorities deported the man and his wife, because after visiting as tourists, they were living and working there without legal status."
2. To conduct oneself or to behave in a certain way: "The students were told how they should be deporting themselves with good behavior and cooperation."

"The young children deported themselves in a mannerly way or with socially good behavior."

3. Etymology: from Modern French déporter; from Latin deportare, "to carry off, to transport, to banish, to exile"; from de- with its sense of "off, away" + portare. "to carry".