desport

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verb

To disport.

OriginMiddle English disporten ← Old French desporter →
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Meanings

verbdesport (third-person singular simple present desports, present participle desporting, simple past and past participle desported)

present singular third person desports · participle present desporting · participle past desported · past desported

  1. To disport.
  2. To amuse oneself; to make a public display of oneself.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchdesporter
  2. Middle Englishdisporten
  3. Englishdesport

From Middle English disporten, from Anglo-Norman and Old French desporter, deporter (“to take pleasure”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with desport

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

desport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desport

MLA

“desport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desport. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desport,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desport.

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