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transport (v.)

late 14c., "convey from one place to another," from Old French transporter "carry or convey across; overwhelm (emotionally)" (14c.) or directly from Latin transportare "carry over, take across, convey, remove," from trans "beyond, across" (see trans-) + portare "to carry" (from PIE root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over"). Sense of "carry away with strong feelings" is first recorded c. 1500. Meaning "to carry away into banishment" is recorded from 1660s.

transport (n.)

mid-15c., originally "mental exaltation;" sense of "means of transportation, carriage, conveyance" is recorded from 1690s; from transport (v.).

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Definitions of transport from WordNet
1
transport (n.)
something that serves as a means of transportation;
Synonyms: conveyance
transport (n.)
an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes;
transport (n.)
the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials;
transport (n.)
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens;
Synonyms: ecstasy / rapture / exaltation / raptus
transport (n.)
a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder;
Synonyms: tape drive / tape transport
transport (n.)
the act of moving something from one location to another;
Synonyms: transportation / transfer / transferral / conveyance
2
transport (v.)
move something or somebody around; usually over long distances;
transport (v.)
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body;
Synonyms: carry
transport (v.)
hold spellbound;
Synonyms: enchant / enrapture / enthrall / ravish / enthral / delight
transport (v.)
transport commercially;
Synonyms: send / ship
transport (v.)
send from one person or place to another;
Synonyms: transmit / transfer / channel / channelize / channelise
From wordnet.princeton.edu