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deport (iou) and blab (medicine)


deport (iou)



deport verb2 trans. M17.
[French deporter from Latin deportare from de- DE- 1 + portare carry.]
Carry away, remove; esp. remove into exile, banish, expel from a country.
A. Brink Undesirable immigrant. Promptly deported.
deportable adjective liable to or punishable by deportation L19.
deportee noun a person who is or has been deported L19.

blab (medicine)


blab


To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. "And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient." (Tennyson)

Origin: Cf. OE. Blaberen, or Dan. Blabbre, G. Plappern, Gael. Blabaran a stammerer; prob. Of imitative origin. Cf. Also Blubber, v.

Source: Websters Dictionary