Both Uses of
deport
in
Gulliver's Travels
- His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, all his motions graceful, and his deportment majestic.†
Chpt 1 *
- The captain had no wife, nor above three servants, none of which were suffered to attend at meals; and his whole deportment was so obliging, added to very good human understanding, that I really began to tolerate his company.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(deport as in: deport herself with dignity) behave in a certain manner