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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1374|origins=la trānsportāre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: noun: UK /ˈtræn.spɔːt/, US /ˈtræn.spɔːrt/; verb: UK /trænˈspɔːt/, US /trænˈspɔːrt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|transporten]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) [[bor|frm|transporter|t=to carry across; to overwhelm emotionally]] and directly [[der|la|trānsportāre|t=to carry over, take across]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|trāns|t=across]] and [[m|la|portāre|t=to carry]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*per-|t=to lead, pass over]].^(Etymonline) The noun is from the verb.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[port]], [[import]], [[export]] and [[portable]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Figuratively, about 1374 in the OED;^(OED 1989) “to convey from one place to another”, late 14th century in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) about 1380 in Chaucer's Boethius according to Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “to carry away with strong feeling” is recorded about 1500,^(Etymonline) 1509 in Barnhart,^(Barnhart 1988) and the banishment of a criminal to a penal colony from the 1660s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The noun first meant a transfer of property (1456)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and “mental exaltation” in the mid-15th century,^(Etymonline) later rapture (1658).^(OED 1989) “The act of carrying” is from the 1610s,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and a means of conveyance from 1694,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) first a ship carrying troops, supplies or convicts.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) A transported convict was a ''transport'' from 1767.^(OED 1989) In Scots church use, to transport a minister was to move him to another charge.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1374 – figuratively, to carry away.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1380 – to convey.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1456 – noun, a transfer of property.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1509 – to carry away with emotion.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1610s – the act of carrying.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1660s – to send to a penal colony.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1694 – a means of conveyance.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To carry from one place to another; to [[convey]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To move to strong emotion; to [[enrapture]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To send abroad to a penal colony; to [[deport]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of transporting; conveyance.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A system or means of carrying people or goods: ''public transport''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A ship, aircraft or vehicle used to carry troops, passengers or freight.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Rapture: ''transports of joy''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[transportability]]

+ * [[transportable]]

+ * [[transporter]]

+ * [[transportive]]

+ * [[countertransport]]

+ * [[pretransport]]

+ * [[active transport]]

+ * [[tape transport]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[transportation]]

+ * [[port]]

+ * [[import]]

+ * [[export]]

+ * [[portable]]

+ * [[report]]

+ * [[support]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}