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Webster 1913 Edition


Sportive

Sport′ive

(-ĭv)
,
Adj.
Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry.
Is it I
That drive thee from the
sportive
court?
Shakespeare
–
Sport′ive-ly
,
adv.
–
Sport′ive-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sportive

SPORTIVE

,
Adj.
1.
Gay; merry; wanton; frolicksome.
Is it I that drive thee from the sportive court?
2.
Inclined to mirth; playful; as a sportive humor.