Definitions for: Disport


[v] play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the palyroom"
[v] occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"



Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*port", n. [OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v.
i., and cf. Sport.]
Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. --Milton.


Dis*port", v. 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", v. t. [OF. desporter. See Disport, v. i.]
1. To divert or amuse; to make merry.

They could disport themselves. --Buckle.

2. To remove from a port; to carry away. --Prynne.

Synonyms: amuse, cavort, divert, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport

See Also: entertain, play

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