Dictionary entry

Disport (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.