Sekirov Dictionary

disport

UK /dɪˈspɔːt/US /dəˈspɔɹt/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 6

noun5

(no longer used) Anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game, a pastime, a sport.
(no longer used) Amusement, entertainment, recreation, relaxation.
(no longer used) Fun, gaiety, joy, merriment, mirth.
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(no longer used) The way one carries oneself; bearing, carriage, deportment.
- [Y]et have I carried myself towards thee in such fanciful guise of careless disport, that right sore am I ashamed now to entreat thy lenity seriously— […] — 1761
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(no longer used) Bearing, elevation, orientation.
- ... shooting a bullet ... out of a Culverin towards the East, and afterwards another, with the same charge, and at the same elevation or disport towards the West. — 1662

verb[with oneself]1

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(old-fashioned) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.
- Childe Harold bask'd him in the noon-tide sun, / Disporting there like any other fly; / Nor deem'd before his little day was done / One blast might chill him into misery. — 1812

forms

disported · disportedst · disporting · disporteth · disports · disportest

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