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Webster 1913 Edition
Disport
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.
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.
DISPORT
,Verb.
I.
Where light disports in ever mingling dyes.
DISPORT
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
disport
disport
English
Verb
disport (third-person singular simple present disports, present participle disporting, simple past and past participle disported)
- (transitive, intransitive) to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; to cavort or gambol
- Buckle
- They could disport themselves.
- Alexander Pope
- where light disports in ever mingling dyes
- Byron
- Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, / Disporting there like any other fly.
- Buckle
- To display ostentatiously
- To remove from a port; to carry away.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Prynne to this entry?)
Translations
to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully
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Noun
disport (plural disports)
- (archaic) A pastime; anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game; sport; relaxation, recreation; entertainment; amusement
- (obsolete) Fun; gaiety; merriment; mirth; joy
- (obsolete) Deportment; bearing; carriage.
- (obsolete) orientation; elevation; bearing.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
- ... shooting a bullet ... out of a Culverin towards the East, and afterwards another, with the same charge, and at the same elevation or disport towards the West.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
Translations
A pastime
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References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.