Definitions for disport
dɪˈspɔrt, -ˈspoʊrtdis·port

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amuse, divert, disportverb

   occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

   "The play amused the ladies"

2. frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark aboutverb

   play boisterously

   "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disportnoun

   A pastime; anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game; sport; relaxation, recreation; entertainment; amusement;

2. disportnoun

   Fun; gaiety; merriment; mirth; joy

3. disportnoun

   Deportment; bearing; carriage.

4. disportnoun

   orientation; elevation; bearing.

5. disportverb

   to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; to cavort or gambol

6. disportverb

   to display ostentatiously

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disportnoun

   Play; sport; pastime; diversion; amusement; merriment.

   Etymology: dis and sport.

   She list not hear, but her disports pursu’d;
   And ever bade him stay, ’till time the tide renew’d. Fai. Qu.

   His disports were ingenuous and manlike, whereby he always learned somewhat. John Hayward, on Edward VI.

   She busied, heard the sound
   Of rusling leaves; but minded not, as us’d
   To such disport before her through the field. John Milton, P. Lost.

2. To Disportverb

   To divert.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   He often, but attended with weak guard,
   Comes hunting this way to disport himself. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

3. To Disportverb

   To play; to toy; to wanton.

   Fresh gales and gentle airs
   Whisper’d it to the woods, and from their wings
   Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub
   Disporting! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii. l. 518.

   Loose to the winds their airy garments flew;
   The glitt’ring textures of the filmy dew,
   Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies,
   Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. Alexander Pope.

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1. disport

   Disport is a verb that means to amuse oneself in a light, lively manner or enjoy oneself unrestrainedly; to frolic or divert. It can also act as a noun referring to a diversion or amusement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disportverb

   play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness

2. Disportverb

   to play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self

3. Disportverb

   to divert or amuse; to make merry

4. Disportverb

   to remove from a port; to carry away

5. 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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disport

   dis-pōrt′, v.t. and v.i. usually reflexive, to divert, amuse, enjoy one's self: to move in gaiety.—n. Disport′ment. [O. Fr. desporter (with se), to carry one's self away from one's work, to amuse one's self, from des (= L. dis), and porter—L. portāre, to carry. See Sport.]

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1. tripods

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of disport in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of disport in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=disport
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Disport
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=disport
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disport
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=disport