Definition of Disports. Meaning of Disports. Synonyms of Disports

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Definition of Disports

Disport
Disport Dis*port", n. [OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v. i., and cf. Sport.] Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. --Milton.
Disport
Disport 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.

Meaning of Disports from wikipedia

- became po****r in the French court. The French royal family and courtiers "disported themselves in masques, ballets, allegorical dances, recitals, and opera...
- which had been titled "Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness". "The creature disported itself, rolling and plunging for fully a minute, its body resembling that...
- house, wheresoeuer hee was lodged, a Lord of Misrule, or Maister of merry disports, and the like had yee in the house of euery noble man, of honor, or good...
- Poseidon, whom she induced to make her pregnant by going to the seas**** and disporting herself in the surf or scooping seawater into her bosom. From Aloeus,...
- reviewer noted that "she turns, twists, contorts, revolutionizes, and disports her lithe and muscular figure into a hundred different poses, all bizarre"...
- effect on following generations than this. Henceforth similar figures disported themselves in innumerable decorative works, be they painted, formed in...
- champĂȘtre, which featured figures in ball dress or masquerade costumes disporting themselves amorously in parkland settings. When Watteau applied to join...
- commenting on a p****age from the Avatamsaka Sutra which states that "if one disports one's mind in the dharmadhatu as if in space, then one will know the objective...
- am come amongst you as you see at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of battle, to live or die amongst...
- foyles with wanton dulnesse, My speculatiue and actiue instruments, That my disports, corrupt and taint my businesse, Let huswiues make a skellett of my Helme...