Transportation \Trans`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. transportatio: cf. F. transportation.]

1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir H. Wotton.

2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.]

--South.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)