TRANSPORT, v.t. [L. transporto; trans and porto, to carry.] 1. To carry or convey from one place to another, either by means of beasts or vehicles on land, or by ships in water, or by balloons in air; as, to transport the baggage of an army; to transport goods from one country to another; to transport troops over a river.2. To carry into banishment, as a criminal. Criminals are transported as a punishment for their crimes,which often amounts to banishment.3. To hurry or carry away by violence of passion. They laugh as if transported with some fit of passion.4. To ravish with pleasure; to bear away the soul in ecstasy; as, to be transported with joy.5. To remove from one place to another, as a ship by means of hawsers and anchors.
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