Disport: alternatives and connections

To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.

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The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.

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To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

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To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

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To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

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To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider.

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To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its u…

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Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.

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Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.

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A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.

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A frolic; a jolly time.

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To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

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A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated f…

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That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

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