Dis*port" (?), n. [OF. desport,
deport. See Disport, v. i., and cf.
Sport.] Play; sport; pastime; diversion;
playfulness. Milton.
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.
Dis*port", v. t. [OF. desporter.
See Disport, v. i.] 1.
To divert or amuse; to make merry.
They could disport themselves.
Buckle.
2. To remove from a port; to carry
away. Prynne.
