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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Disport \Dis*port"\, n. [OF. desport, deport. See {Disport}, v.
   i., and cf. {Sport}.]
   Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. --Milton.

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.

         Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. --Pope.

         Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun,
         Disporting there like any other fly.     --Byron.

Disport \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.

Source : WordNet®

disport
     v 1: occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion;
          "The play amused the ladies" [syn: {amuse}, {divert}]
     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},
         {sport}, {cavort}, {gambol}, {frisk}, {romp}, {run around},
         {lark about}]
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