'Disport' definitions:

Definition of 'disport'

(from WordNet)
verb
Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies" [syn: amuse, divert, disport]
verb
Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about]

Definition of 'Disport'

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

Definition of 'Disport'

From: GCIDE
  • Disport \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. [1913 Webster]
  • Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Disport'

From: GCIDE
  • Disport \Dis*port"\, v. t. [OF. desporter. See Disport, v. i.]
  • 1. To divert or amuse; to make merry. [1913 Webster]
  • They could disport themselves. --Buckle. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To remove from a port; to carry away. --Prynne. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'disport'

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Words containing 'Disport'