disport

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dis⋅port

[di-spawrt, -spohrt]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to divert or amuse (oneself).

2.	to display (oneself) in a sportive manner: The picnickers disported themselves merrily on the beach.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to divert oneself; sport.

–noun

4.	diversion; amusement; play; sport.

Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) ME disporten, desporten < AF desporter, equiv. to des- dis- ¹ + porter lit., to carry (see port ⁵ ); (n.) ME < AF, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:

dis⋅port⋅ment, noun

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dis·port (dĭ-spôrt', -spōrt')

v.   dis·port·ed, dis·port·ing, dis·ports

v.   intr.
To amuse oneself in a light, frolicsome manner.
v.   tr.

To amuse (oneself) in a light, frolicsome manner.
To display.

n. Frolicsome diversion.

[Middle English disporten, from Old French desporter, to divert : des-, apart; see dis- + porter, to carry (from Latin portāre; see port⁵).]

Word Origin & History

disport

1303, from Anglo-Fr. disporter "divert, amuse," from O.Fr. desporter, lit. "carry away" (the mind from serious matters), from des- "away" + porter "to carry," from L. portare "to carry" (see port (1)).

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