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Definition of Disport
1. Verb. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion. "The performance is likely to disport Sue"; "The play amused the ladies"
Generic synonyms: Entertain
Derivative terms: Amusement, Amusive, Diversion
2. Verb. Play boisterously. "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
Generic synonyms: Play
Derivative terms: Frolic, Gambol, Lark, Romp, Romper, Sport
Definition of Disport
1. n. Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness.
2. v. i. To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.
3. v. t. To divert or amuse; to make merry.
Definition of Disport
1. Verb. to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; to cavort or gambol ¹
2. Verb. to display ostentatiously ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) A pastime; anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game; sport; relaxation, recreation; entertainment; amusement; ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) Fun; gaiety; merriment; mirth; joy ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) Deportment; bearing; carriage. ¹
6. Noun. (obsolete) orientation; elevation; bearing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disport
1. to amuse oneself [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disport
Literary usage of Disport
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"No, — give me my way ; let me disport as I will, and I warrant me there shall be
something in what I write, which will warm the heart, or light the eye of ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"way up to the higher and clearer waters, through locks and cuts never made for
their hulk, and there disport themselves, huge reeking, blowing, ..."
3. Lydgate and Burgh's Secrees of Old Philisoffres: A Version of the 'Secreta by John Lydgate, Benedict Burgh, Robert Steele (1894)
"He should entertain himself with music and shews. He should keep about him a
splendid court. [fol. ya] how solace and disport ..."
4. The Nile Boat: Or, Glimpses of the Land of Egypt by William Henry Bartlett (1852)
"... disport himself were of course submerged. The following particulars are derived
from Messrs. Bonomi and Sharpe. " Crocodiles were formerly found much ..."
5. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"As a matter of fact we find that those fish which disport near the surface of
the water—mackerel, salmon, trout, herring— die and decay soon. ..."
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