n. [ F. See Transport, v. ]
The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
With transport views the airy rule his own,
And swells on an imaginary throne. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Say not, in transports of despair,
That all your hopes are fled. Doddridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
[ They ] laugh as if transported with some fit
Of passion. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
We shall then be transported with a nobler . . . wonder. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being transportable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. transportable. ]
n. Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. “The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds.” Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Transportation. [ Obs. ] “Give me swift transportance.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Transporting; &unr_;avishing;
n. [ L. transportatio: cf. F. transportation. ]
To provide a vessel for their transportation. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried away with passion or pleasure; entranced. --
n. One who transports. [ 1913 Webster ]