Transport

Transport
Transport Trans*port", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transporting}.] [F. transporter, L. transportare; trans across + portare to carry. See {Port} bearing, demeanor.] 1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]

2. To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish. [1913 Webster]

3. To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul. [1913 Webster]

[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]


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  • transport — [ trɑ̃spɔr ] n. m. • 1312; de transporter I ♦ 1 ♦ Dr. Cession (d un droit, d une créance). « L endossement opère le transport » ( CODE COMMERCIAL ). 2 ♦ (1538) Fait de porter pour faire parvenir en un autre lieu; manière de déplacer ou de faire… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Transport — or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ( across ) and portare ( to carry ). Industries which have the business of providing transport equipment, transport services …   Wikipedia

  • Transport 21 — is an Irish infrastructure plan, announced on 1 November 2005 in Dublin Castle by the then Irish Minister for Transport Martin Cullen. [ [http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/1101/transport.html RTÉ News: National transport plan to cost €34bn ] ] It aims… …   Wikipedia

  • transport — Transport. s. m. v. Action par laquelle on transporte une chose d un lieu en un autre. Le transport de l argent, des pierreries hors du Royaume est deffendu. le transport de ses meubles luy a cousté beaucoup. Transport. Cession juridique d un… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • transport — TRANSPÓRT, transporturi, s.n. 1. Faptul de a transporta. ♦ (La pl.) Ramură a economiei naţionale cuprinzând totalitatea mijloacelor rutiere, aeriene şi navale care asigură circulaţia bunurilor şi a persoanelor. 2. Totalitatea bunurilor sau a… …   Dicționar Român

  • transport — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. transportrcie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 20}} {{/stl 20}}{{stl 12}}1. {{/stl 12}}{{stl 7}} przemieszczanie ludzi i ładunków na pewną odległość z zastosowaniem środków lokomocji : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Transport lądowy …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • Transport — Trans port, n. [F. See {Transport}, v.] 1. Transportation; carriage; conveyance. [1913 Webster] The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. A vessel employed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • transport — I verb banish, bear, bring, carry, cart, conduct, consign, convey, deliver, deport, dispatch, drive out, exile, expel, extradite, fetch, imprison, move, ostracize, remove, send, ship, take, tote, transfer, transmit, transmittere, transplant,… …   Law dictionary

  • transport — [n1] move, transfer carriage, carrier, carrying, carting, conveyance, conveying, conveyor, freightage, hauling, lift, movement, mover, moving, passage, removal, shipment, shipping, transference, transferring, transit, transportation, transporting …   New thesaurus

  • Transport F.C. — Transport F.C. were a football club in Ireland who played in the Football League of Ireland for fourteen seasons from 1948/49 to 1961/62.During their time in the League of Ireland, Transport played their home matches for the first three seasons… …   Wikipedia

  • Transport — (lat. trans portare ‚(hin)überbringen, tragen‘) steht für: einen Teil des Verkehrs, bei dem Personen, Güter oder Daten den Raum zwischen zwei Orten mit Verkehrsmitteln überbrücken, siehe Verkehr in der Wirtschaftswissenschaft das Verbringen von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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