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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sportive  \Sport"ive\,  a. 
  Tending  to  engaged  in  or  provocate  of  sport;  gay; 
  froliscome;  playful;  merry. 
 
  Is  it  I  That  drive  thee  from  the  sportive  court? 
  --Shak. 
  --  {Sport"ive*ly},  adv  --  {Sport"ive*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sportive 
  adj  1:  relating  to  or  interested  in  sports 
  2:  given  to  merry  frolicking;  "frolicsome  students  celebrated 
  their  graduation  with  parties  and  practical  jokes"  [syn:  {coltish}, 
  {frolicsome},  {frolicky},  {rollicking}] 




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