Tuesday 20 April 2010

WoD - disport

disport\dis-PORT\ , verb;
1.To amuse oneself in light or lively manner; to frolic.
transitive verb:
1.To divert or amuse.2.To display.

Origin:
Disport derives from Old French desporter, "to divert," from des-, "apart" (from Latin dis-) + porter, "to carry" (from Latin portare) -- hence to disport is at root "to carry apart, or away" (from business or seriousness).

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