disport

== English == === Etymology === The verb is derived from Middle English disporten, desporten (“to take part in entertainment, sport, etc., to pass time, amuse oneself, be merry; to amuse, entertain; to cheer, console; to behave (in a particular way), deport; to be active, to busy; to relieve (someone of a task); to prevent (someone from attending)”), from Anglo-Norman desporter, Old French desporter, deporter, depporter (“to amuse, entertain; to pass time, amuse oneself; to forbear; to stop”), from Latin deportāre, present active infinitive of dēportō (“to bring, convey; to bring or take home; to carry along or down; to banish, transport”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘from, off’) + portō (“to bear, carry; to bring, convey”) (from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; fare”)). The English word is a doublet of deport and sport. The noun is derived from Middle English disport, desport (“activity providing amusement, pleasure or relaxation; entertainment, recreation; game, pastime, sport; pleasure derived from an activity; source of comfort; consolation, solace; conduct, deportment; customary behaviour, manner; act, activity; departure”), from Anglo-Norman disport, Old French desport, deport (“game, pastime, sport; pleasure, recreation; disport”), from desporter: see further above. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈspɔːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /dəˈspɔɹt/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t Hyphenation: dis‧port === Verb === disport (third-person singular simple present disports, present participle disporting, simple past and past participle disported) (ambitransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol. Synonyms: cheer, divert, enjoy, frolic ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === disport (plural disports) (countable, archaic) Anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game, a pastime, a sport. (uncountable, archaic) Amusement, entertainment, recreation, relaxation. (countable, obsolete) The way one carries oneself; bearing, carriage, deportment. (countable, obsolete) Bearing, elevation, orientation. 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World (Dialogue Two) ... shooting a bullet ... out of a Culverin towards the East, and afterwards another, with the same charge, and at the same elevation or disport towards the West. (uncountable, obsolete) Fun, gaiety, joy, merriment, mirth. ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== === Anagrams === torpids, tripods