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sported |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sport \Sport\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sported}; p. pr & vb n. {Sporting}.] 1. To play; to frolic; to wanton. [Fish], sporting with quick glance, Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold. --Milton. 2. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. 3. To trifle. ``He sports with his own life.'' --Tillotson. 4. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See {Sport}, n., 6. --Darwin. Syn: To play; frolic; game; wanton.
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