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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disport \Dis*port"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disported}; p. pr & vb n. {Disporting}.] [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}.] To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. --Pope. Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. --Byron.
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