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disport

[ dih-spawrt, -spohrt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to divert or amuse (oneself ).
  2. to display (oneself ) in a sportive manner:

    The picnickers disported themselves merrily on the beach.



verb (used without object)

  1. to divert oneself; sport.

noun

  1. diversion; amusement; play; sport.

disport

/ dɪˈspɔːt /

verb

  1. tr to indulge (oneself) in pleasure
  2. intr to frolic or gambol
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. archaic.
    amusement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • dis·portment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disport1

1275–1325; (v.) Middle English disporten, desporten < Anglo-French desporter, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + porter literally, to carry ( port 5 ); (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, derivative of the v.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disport1

C14: from Anglo-French desporter, from des- dis- 1+ porter to carry
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Example Sentences

"He certainly could be, and it would be a question of how far out he goes, how far he reaches, how disported he gets," Dean replied.

From Salon

He demonstrated his ability to accurately transcribe a barely-legible original manuscript of Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984” by disporting his skills in paleography, the study of ancient and antiquated writing systems.

We don’t often wonder about the names of the places where we disport ourselves.

Blending them, we would seem to be in store for ghosts, ghouls and goblins disporting themselves beneath a full moon and amid suddenly chilly days and nights.

If the systems were automatic, the human beings ought to walk away and disport themselves in beautiful pleasure gardens while the machines toiled on their behalf.

From Nature

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