DISPORT (2)

disport (2). Disport, v. to sport, play, wanton, divert, please

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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.