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Webster 1913 Edition

Disport

Dis-port′

,
Noun.
[OF.
desport
,
deport
. See
Disport
,
Verb.
I.
, and cf.
Sport
.]
Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness.
Milton.

Dis-port′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disported
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disporting
.]
[OF.
se desporter
; pref.
des-
(L.
dis-
) + F.
porter
to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one’s self away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See
Port
demeanor, and cf.
Sport
.]
To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.
Where light
disports
in ever mingling dyes.
Pope.
Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun,
Disporting
there like any other fly.
Byron.

Dis-port′

,
Verb.
T.
[OF.
desporter
. See
Disport
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
To divert or amuse; to make merry.
They could
disport
themselves.
Buckle.
2.
To remove from a port; to carry away.
Prynne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disport

DISPORT

,
Noun.
[dis and sport.] Play; sport; pastime; diversion; amusement; merriment.

DISPORT

,
Verb.
I.
To play; to wanton; to move lightly and without restraint; to move in gayety; as lambs disporting on the mead..
Where light disports in ever mingling dyes.

DISPORT

,
Verb.
T.
To divert or amuse; as, he disports himself.

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