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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Export

Ex-pōrt', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXPORTED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXPORTING.] [Fr. exporter, It. esportare, Lat. exportare, from ex, out of, from, and portare, to carry.]

Sense 1. To carry away; to remove. [Obs.] They export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy. Bacon.

Sense 2. To carry from a state or country, as wares in commerce; to send out, as valuable commodities, to other nations or communities; as, to export grain, cotton, and the like.

Ĕx'pōrt, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco. 2. That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or state to another in traffic;—used chiefly in the plural, exports.

The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports. A. Smith.