disport Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
    amuse; divert.
    • The play amused the ladies
  2. verb play boisterously
    rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
    • The children frolicked in the garden
    • the gamboling lambs in the meadows
    • The toddlers romped in the playroom

WordNet

Dis*port" noun
Etymology
OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v. i., and cf. Sport.
Definitions
  1. Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton.
Dis*port" intransitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disported; present participle & verbal noun Disporting
Definitions
  1. 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.
Dis*port" transitive verb
Etymology
OF. desporter. See Disport, v. i.
Definitions
  1. To divert or amuse; to make merry.
    They could disport themselves. Buckle.
  2. To remove from a port; to carry away. Prynne.

Webster 1913