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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

/ »åɪˈ²õ±èɔ˳٠/

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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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±²õ·±è´Ç°ù³Ùm±ð²Ô³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of disport1

C14: from Anglo-French desporter, from des- dis- 1+ porter to carry
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"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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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