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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion;
- Example: "The play amused the ladies"
[syn: amuse, divert, disport]

2. play boisterously;
- Example: "The children frolicked in the garden"
- Example: "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"
- Example: "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
[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. [1913 Webster] They could disport themselves. --Buckle. [1913 Webster] 2. To remove from a port; to carry away. --Prynne. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
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]