disport

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISPORT, noun [dis and sport.] Play; sport; pastime; diversion; amusement; merriment. DISPORT, verb intransitive To play; to wanton; to move lightly and without restraint; to move in gayety; as lambs disporting on the mead.. Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. DISPORT, verb transitive To divert or amuse; as, he disports himself.
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