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Definition of "disport" [dis•port]
- To amuse oneself in a light, frolicsome manner. (verb-intransitive)
- To amuse (oneself) in a light, frolicsome manner. (verb-transitive)
- To display. (verb-transitive)
- Frolicsome diversion. (noun)
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Use "disport" in a sentence
- "“If we are to disport ourselves, we will have to make haste,” I say."
- ""Revenge" is set in the best neighborhood in the Hamptons, or the producers' notion thereof: a place of gleaming beaches, endless blue skies, mansions where the spoiled rich disport themselves with somebody else's husband or wife."
- "The clerical staff will not disport themselves in raiment of bright colors, nor will they wear hose unless in good repair."
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