disport
verb (used with object)
to divert or amuse (oneself ).
disported
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past participleof disport.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disport.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disportverb (used with object)to divert or amuse (oneself ).
Example Sentences
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"He certainly could be, and it would be a question of how far out he goes, how far he reaches, how disported he gets," Dean replied.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2023
In the business of turning steel, glass and concrete into places where Americans worked and disported themselves, he and his company were known for projects not only in New York but also across the country.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2016
Even as the Puritans were striving to build an austere theocracy in New England, they were defied by a character named Thomas Morton, whose Merry Mount colonists disported themselves in free-spirited revelry.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2014
And a smaller segment of those selfsame shiny fashion people disported itself, tipping Champagne flutes and hovering over a table of luscious cakes with the cold-eyed hunger of sharks around a diver’s cage.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2012
The night paled; the Trwyn light went out; and off the headland a seal disported itself in the icy sea.
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
