Verb (used with object) : The picnickers disported themselves merrily on the beach. From Dictionary.com.
Pigeons were seen to always disport in the houses of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
What then were then made for? to disport and delight thyself?. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Then said Sigurd, “I would even a horse of thee for my disport.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Volsungs] Reference
The word sport is a contraction of disport, from the Latin dis: away and portare: to carry. From Wordnik.com. [It's K-Day] Reference
The rest of the company, every one as he liked best, made his disport at bowls, quoits, keiles, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Francis Drake Revived] Reference
We live in a three dimensional world, and in its length, breadth, and solidity do we disport ourselves. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit and Music] Reference
Now we'll come and disport ourselves under the trees, and you shall watch the birds from a safe distance. From Wordnik.com. [Austin and His Friends] Reference
The old English disport of mumming at Christmas is of great antiquity -- so great that its origin is lost. From Wordnik.com. [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference
(Perkin, a London apprentice, being dismissed by his master, seeks his companions in dice, revel and disport.). From Wordnik.com. [The Canterbury Tales] Reference
There Fenice goes to disport herself, and all day she makes her couch there; there they are in joy and delight. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
After this he spent his days in idleness and by night he used to go to the shore and disport himself in the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Folklore of the Santal Parganas] Reference
At this time a festival called Marhai is held, at which much liquor is drunk and all classes disport themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
On Sunday nights from 10-11 (when I ordered my husband and children to disport themselves elsewhere) you were mine. From Wordnik.com. [Far From the Madding 'Mad Men' Crowd] Reference
Here was young hopeful's long-sought-for opportunity to dive, swim and otherwise disport himself as did the big boys. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
It was common in the middle of this rude banquet for an earl to disport with a slave girl in full view of his fellows. From Wordnik.com. [Eaters Of The Dead]
Miss Briggs used to betake herself to a bathing-machine, and disport in the water in a flannel gown and an oilskin cap. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
Luther also had a bowling-alley made for his young friends, where they would disport themselves with running and jumping. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
But their cells would no longer be locked, so they would be able to come out and deport or disport themselves as they wished. From Wordnik.com. [Harpy Thyme]
I do not profess deep knowledge of saints, and do not as a rule venture on the hallowed ground where saints disport themselves. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
Neither would he go and disport himself with others; but with the daily return of dusk, he was wont to retire quietly to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
He settled by a nice lake, and compelled the poor fish to serve him, and water nymphs had to disport themselves for his satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [Demons Don't Dream]
And so upon a day Sir Tristram yede into the forest for to disport him, and then it happened that there he fell sleep; and there came. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
The soil was thickly studded with cocoa-nut, papaw, and cotton-wood trees, above which the balloon seemed to disport itself like a bird. From Wordnik.com. [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference
A hasty inquiry resulted in Imam Din informing Muhammad Din that, by my singular favour, he was permitted to disport himself as he pleased. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
It will burrow for warmth in the sand in shallow waters near to shore, or will, because it is warm, disport itself on the surface of the sea. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
Canal from New York; and when some migrating Virginia squire or Kentucky colonel, master of a thousand acres of land, did so disport himself on. From Wordnik.com. [Expansion and Conflict] Reference
They say smiling disport (ph) -- distorts, rather, facial features in a way that computerized security technology may not be able to recognize somebody. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2004] Reference
Give away in charity on occasions of sacrifices, gratify every dear object of thy desire, disport in the company of women freely, and enjoy thou peace. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Sabha Parva] Reference
Or again to wander, like a happy child of Asiatic climes in gardens of sycamores, where young sultanas bathe and disport themselves in basins of porphyry. From Wordnik.com. [French and Oriental Love in a Harem] Reference
Then said Brynhild, “Ill to abash folk of their mirth; prithee do not so; let us talk together for our disport of mighty kings and their great deeds.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Volsungs] Reference
They were tied near a water hole, formed below the spring, so the animals had the three most desirable requisites -- food, water and a place to disport themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
No Confederate went aboard the fleet and no Federal came ashore; so there was a fine field of slaughter in which the imagination of both sides could disport itself. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
During childhood he is provided with a warm house, a clean bed, and a yard in which to disport himself, and is fed for growth and bone on skim-milk, oatmeal, and sweet alfalfa. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm] Reference
And I reckon that I'm just going to be pestered to death after this with whines, because I won't stop the boat every few miles to let this elephant disport himself in the water. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie] Reference
From his post of vantage he saw Cliges riding with three other striplings who were taking their pleasure, carrying lances and shields in order to tilt and to disport themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
If, like guilty spirits, they repair to some dread conference with powers like themselves, in what wild regions do the elements hold council, or where unbend in terrible disport?. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
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