disport

5 definitions found

disport - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disport \Dis*port"\, v. t. [OF. desporter. See Disport, v. i.]
     1. To divert or amuse; to make merry.
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              They could disport themselves.        --Buckle.
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     2. To remove from a port; to carry away. --Prynne.
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  Disport \Dis*port"\, n. [OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v.
     i., and cf. Sport.]
     Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. --Milton.
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  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.
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           Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. --Pope.
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           Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun,
           Disporting there like any other fly.     --Byron.
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disport - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  disport
      v 1: occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion;
           "The play amused the ladies" [syn: amuse, divert,
           disport]
      2: 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]

disport - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "disport":
     acquit, act, antic, bear, brandish, caper, caracole, carry,
     carry on, cavort, comport, conduct, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers,
     cut up, dance, demean, deport, display, diversion, exhibit, expose,
     flash, flaunt, flounce, fool around, frisk, frolic, fun, gambol,
     go on, horse around, jollity, merriment, parade, play, recreate,
     recreation, rollick, romp, show off, skip, sport, trip, trot out