[syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about]
The 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disport \Dis*port"\, n. [OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v.
i., and cf. Sport.]
Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]