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disport definition

dis·port (di spôrt′)

intransitive verb

to indulge in amusement; play; frolic

Etymology: ME disporten, to bear, support < OFr desporter < des- (see dis-) + porter < L portare, to carry: see port

transitive verb

to amuse or divert (oneself)

noun

Archaic a disporting; amusement; play

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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