2. Verb. (third-person singular of transport) ¹
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Definition of Transports
1. transport [v] - See also: transport
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transports
Literary usage of Transports
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Homing, 17 CB (NS)791, Lord Chief Justice Erie repudiated the doctrine of continuous
transports; but Westlake shows that this is not the case. ..."
2. Correspondence of William Pitt: When Secretary of State, with Colonial by William Pitt, Gertrude Selwyn Kimball, Great Britain Foreign Office (1906)
"Sir, Captain Hankerson of His Majesty's Ship Alcide came into the Hook last night,
with the greatest pan of the Transports, and I have the honour of ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore (1866)
"Several gunboats and transports, being unable then to ascend the river, ...
The transports of this brigade were unable to pass above Alexandria. ..."
4. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the by Archibald Alison (1860)
"Never since the restoration of Charles II. had such transports seized the public
mind. The populace insisted on drawing the French envoys in their carriage ..."
5. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1857)
"Harrington, upon the success of the troops, had intended to have removed the
transports into the Carenage Hay, as a place of much greater security ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The transports were speedily put in commission and assembled in the harbor ...
During the continuance of the revolution in Mexico transports have been used ..."