Synonyms for disport

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-spawrt, -spohrt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɔrt, -ˈspoʊrt

Définition of disport

Origin : late 14c., from Anglo-French disporter "divert, amuse," from Old French desporter "to seek amusement," literally "carry away" (the mind from serious matters), from des- "away" (see dis-) + porter "to carry," from Latin portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)).

noun form of entertainment

Example sentences :

It wasn't exactly the place for you to disport yourself in under the circumstances.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

It was full of victual, and all manner of mirth and disport.
Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson

Then they turned about and went into the wood to disport them, for the sun was growing hot.
Extract from : « The Story of the Glittering Plain » by William Morris

But the people of a sea-shore town need no lake in which to disport themselves.
Extract from : « The Boy Tar » by Mayne Reid

So when she had gotten her breath again, she asked him what next she should do for his disport.
Extract from : « The Sundering Flood » by William Morris

Disport yourself; but let your faultiness be concealed by a decent stealthiness.
Extract from : « Ars Amatoria, or The Art Of Love » by Ovid

He would ride and shout and shoot and disport himself unlawfully.
Extract from : « The Sunset Trail » by Alfred Henry Lewis

For the place is made for nothing else, but only for his disport.
Extract from : « The Travels of Sir John Mandeville » by John Mandeville

And such plays of disport they make till the taking up of the boards.
Extract from : « The Travels of Sir John Mandeville » by John Mandeville

Courage that reckons so bates its own worth Till a coward might disport it.
Extract from : « The Mortal Gods and Other Plays » by Olive Tilford Dargan

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