disportn.

/dɪˈspɔːt/

Forms: Also Middle English des-, Middle English dys-.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman disport, Old French desport, commonly deport ‘disport, sport, pastime, recreation, pleasure’ (Cotgrave), < desporter : see disport v. For sense 5, compare deport n.

archaic.

1. Diversion from serious duties; relaxation, recreation; entertainment, amusement. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun]

gleea700

playeOE

gameeOE

lakec1175

skentingc1175

wil-gomenc1275

solacec1290

deduit1297

envesurec1300

playingc1300

disport1303

spilea1325

laking1340

solacingc1384

bourdc1390

mazec1390

welfarea1400

recreationc1400

solancec1400

sporta1425

sportancea1450

sportingc1475

deport1477

recreancea1500

shurting15..

ebate?1518

recreating1538

abatementc1550

pleasuring1556

comfortmenta1558

disporting1561

pastiming1574

riec1576

joyance1595

spleen1598

merriment1600

amusement1603

amusing1603

entertainment1612

spleena1616

divertisement1651

diversion1653

disportment1660

sporting of nature1666

fun1726

délassement1804

gammock1841

pleasurement1843

dallying1889

rec1922

good, clean fun1923

cracka1966

looning1966

shoppertainment1993

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4110 And come to hym on hys dysport To make Florens gode cumfort.

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 45 To Rome for to wende, Were it for chapmanhode or for disport.

c1386 G. Chaucer Merch. T. 680 Dooth hym disport, he is a gentil man.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxii. 242 He takeþ his desport passing be the contree.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 433 b/1 Prayed..that she myght haue..hir suster wyth hir for hir dysporte, comforte and companye.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 586 Wes nane yat euer disport mycht have Fra steryng and fra rowyng.

1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 84 Item to the Quenes grace..for hure disporte at cardes this Cristmas..c s.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 30 One day for his disport, hunting of the wild boare.

1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) ii. (Argt.) 28 The Goddess is first pleased for her disport to propose games to the latter.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. ii. 36 I should find myself both disport and plenty out of the king's deer.

1881 D. G. Rossetti Ballads & Sonnets 117 The King and all his Court Were met..for solace and disport.

2. Anything which affords diversion and entertainment; a pastime, game, sport. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > [noun]

playeOE

gameeOE

disportc1380

sportc1443

museryc1450

pastime?1473

gaud1587

playgame1596

exercise1622

amusement1632

evagation1638

retirement1641

divertisement1642

diversiona1684

ploya1689

lounge1788

divertissement1804

happening1959

letterboxing1977

timepass1982

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2217 Tel me furst by þy lay wat doþ ȝour men of fraunce; Of hure disport & ek hure play.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) iii. 17 A fair place for justynges or for other Pleyes and desportes.

1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 19 Dogges seruing the disport of fowling.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 271 That my disports, corrupt and taint my businesse.

1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 20 Libertie, for some Disports that might be used on the Sabbath.

1690 E. Gee Jesuit's Mem. 126 Some honest kind of Disports.

1861 Our Eng. Home 21 The display of those pageants and disports which enlivened the repast.

†3. Merriment, mirth, fun. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun]

dreamOE

man-dreamOE

gleea1200

galec1200

bauderyc1386

oliprancec1390

cheera1393

gaynessc1400

disportc1405

joyousitiea1450

festivitya1500

lakea1500

gaiety1573

merriment1574

jucundity1575

galliardise?1577

jouissance1579

merrymake1579

jolliment1590

mirth1591

jollyhead1596

spleen1598

jocantry16..

geniality1609

jovialty1621

jocundry1637

gaietry1650

sport1671

fun1726

galliardism1745

gig1777

merrymaking1779

hilarity1834

rollick1852

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 137 Sikerly she was of greet desport And ful plesaunt and amyable of port.

1659 P. Heylyn Examen Historicum Introd. §2 It was..a matter of no mean disport amongst the People for a long time after.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week vi. 55 They..in disport surround the drunken wight.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iii. vi. 220 To the great amusement and disport of the polite spectators.

†4. The making sport of. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun]

mirth1560

dicacity1592

jest1597

pleasantry1602

raillery1642

rallery1652

badinage1658

banter1660

disport1667

badinerie1712

rig1725

bantery1739

jokery1740

persiflage1757

quizzery1809

quiz1819

chaff1841

borak1845

barrackc1890

mickey-take1968

smack talk1989

bants2008

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 159 King Sesostrio..caused four captive Kings to draw his Coach..he prided his inconstant Fortune, in the desport of their Vassalage.

†5. Bearing, carriage, deportment. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing

i-bereOE

i-letelOE

lundc1175

semblanta1240

countenancec1290

fare1297

porturec1300

bearinga1325

portc1330

abearc1350

demeaning14..

habit1413

apporta1423

havingsa1425

maintenance?c1436

demeanc1450

maintain?1473

deport1474

maintaining1477

demeanance1486

affair1487

containing1487

behaviour1490

representation1490

haviour?1504

demeanour1509

miena1522

function1578

amenance1590

comportance1590

portance1590

purport1590

manage1593

style1596

dispose1601

deportments1603

comportment1605

garb1605

aira1616

deportment1638

comport1660

tour1702

sway1753

disport1761

maintien1814

tenue1828

portment1833

allure1841

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxii. 143 I carried myself..in such fanciful guise of careless disport, that right sore am I ashamed now.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

disportv.

/dɪˈspɔːt/

Forms: Middle English desporte, Middle English–1500s dys-, Middle English– dis-.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman desporter (Bozon), Old French desporter, depporter, usually deporter , to divert, amuse, please (Godefroy); (reflexive) ‘to cease, forbeare, leaue off, giue ouer: also to disport, play, recreate himselfe, passe away the time’ (Cotgrave); < des- , dis- prefix 1a + porter < Latin portāre to carry, bear. For the sense ‘divert, amuse’, compare the similar development of French divertir, déduire, the notion being that of turning, leading, or carrying away the attention from serious or sad occupations.

†1. transitive. To divert (from sadness, ennui, or the like); to amuse, to entertain. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (transitive)]

skenta1250

solace1297

comfort1303

gamec1330

disportc1374

mirtha1400

solancea1400

playa1450

recreate1531

pastime1577

sport1577

entertain1593

to take a person out of himself (herself, etc.)1631

divertise1651

to take the fancy of1653

divert1662

amuse1667

tickle1682

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 696 (724) Þey gonnen here comforten..And with here tales wenden here disporten.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 75 Tho was þis wofull wif conforted Be alle weies and desported.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 15 Pip[in]s, quinces, blaunderelle to disport, And the pomecedre corageos to recomfort.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 275 Hee forces Barames to weare womens apparell, and with a Distaffe in's hand to disport the insulting multitude.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 12 Well I remember that all the way we sail'd..we were disported by Whales.

2. reflexive. to disport oneself: to cheer, divert, amuse, or enjoy oneself; to occupy oneself pleasurably; now esp. to play wantonly, frolic, gambol, sport; to display oneself sportively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (reflexive)]

shurt?c1225

playc1300

solace1340

lakea1375

to disport oneselfc1385

sport?a1425

short1449

recreate1530

entertain1594

to make oneself glee1602

deboise1633

divertise1651

divert1660

regale1682

besport1855

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr.) Hypsipyle. 1441 To saylyn to that lond hym to disporte.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiv. 154 Þare in will he sitt..for to disporte him and take þe aer.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 521/1 Go disporte you with them, they be good felowes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vi. 8 He hath..attended with weake guard, Come hunting this way to disport himselfe.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 104 Whilst he disported himself at the Court of France.

1742 W. Warburton Note Pope's Ess. Man in Wks. (1811) XI. 142 After having disported himself at will, in the flowery paths of fancy.

1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia 9 Seabirds were disporting themselves in the water.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 39 My Muse in Sicilian measure was well Pleased to disport her.

3. intransitive (for reflexive) = 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)]

playeOE

glewc900

gameOE

lakec1300

solace1340

bourdc1440

dallyc1440

sporta1450

to make sportc1475

disport1480

to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1509

toy?1521

pastime1523

recreate1589

jest1597

feast1609

deliciate1633

divert1670

carpe diem1817

hobby-horse1819

popjoy1853

that'll be the day1916

to play around1929

loon1969

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. (1482) ccxliii. 287 The emperour..come in to englond to kyng Henry with hym to speke and to disporte.

1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 118 I her caught disporting on the greene.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 157 Every man runs to the taverne to disport..and to bee drunken.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) ii. 14 Where Light disports in ever-mingling Dies.

1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming i. iii The flamingo..disporting like a meteor on the lakes.

1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 296 See the cubs disporting at the mouth of the briery aperture.

†4. ? To deport oneself. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave or conduct oneself [verb (reflexive)]

wieldOE

leadc1175

bear?c1225

steera1250

to take onc1275

contain1297

to shift one's handa1300

demeanc1320

guyc1325

govern1340

keep1362

havec1390

rulec1390

guide14..

conceivea1425

maintain?a1425

maynea1425

behavec1440

disporta1450

orderc1487

use1497

handle?1529

convey1530

gesture1542

treat1568

carry1584

deport1598

bestow1606

comport1616

mienc1680

conduct1706

the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > discourage

remove?a1425

discourage1437

revoke1447

disporta1450

to take offa1616

to work off1627

to put off1631

dishearten1634

disinvitea1641

to put or set (anyone) by1768

eyebrow1876

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxvi. l. 281 At themperours table Iset he was, and there disported hym al that day As a man that In letargye lay.

†5. transitive ? To divert, or turn away. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1450 J. Damme & J. Gresham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 56 Þe day of oier and termyner shall holde at Norwich on Moneday next comyng, and by þat cause my lord of Oxenford shall be disported of his comyng to þe parlement.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	disport
释义	disportn. /dɪˈspɔːt/ Forms: Also Middle English des-, Middle English dys-. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman disport, Old French desport, commonly deport ‘disport, sport, pastime, recreation, pleasure’ (Cotgrave), < desporter : see disport v. For sense 5, compare deport n. archaic. 1. Diversion from serious duties; relaxation, recreation; entertainment, amusement. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] gleea700 playeOE gameeOE lakec1175 skentingc1175 wil-gomenc1275 solacec1290 deduit1297 envesurec1300 playingc1300 disport1303 spilea1325 laking1340 solacingc1384 bourdc1390 mazec1390 welfarea1400 recreationc1400 solancec1400 sporta1425 sportancea1450 sportingc1475 deport1477 recreancea1500 shurting15.. ebate?1518 recreating1538 abatementc1550 pleasuring1556 comfortmenta1558 disporting1561 pastiming1574 riec1576 joyance1595 spleen1598 merriment1600 amusement1603 amusing1603 entertainment1612 spleena1616 divertisement1651 diversion1653 disportment1660 sporting of nature1666 fun1726 délassement1804 gammock1841 pleasurement1843 dallying1889 rec1922 good, clean fun1923 cracka1966 looning1966 shoppertainment1993 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4110 And come to hym on hys dysport To make Florens gode cumfort. c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 45 To Rome for to wende, Were it for chapmanhode or for disport. c1386 G. Chaucer Merch. T. 680 Dooth hym disport, he is a gentil man. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxii. 242 He takeþ his desport passing be the contree. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 433 b/1 Prayed..that she myght haue..hir suster wyth hir for hir dysporte, comforte and companye. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 586 Wes nane yat euer disport mycht have Fra steryng and fra rowyng. 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 84 Item to the Quenes grace..for hure disporte at cardes this Cristmas..c s. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 30 One day for his disport, hunting of the wild boare. 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) ii. (Argt.) 28 The Goddess is first pleased for her disport to propose games to the latter. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. ii. 36 I should find myself both disport and plenty out of the king's deer. 1881 D. G. Rossetti Ballads & Sonnets 117 The King and all his Court Were met..for solace and disport. 2. Anything which affords diversion and entertainment; a pastime, game, sport. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > [noun] playeOE gameeOE disportc1380 sportc1443 museryc1450 pastime?1473 gaud1587 playgame1596 exercise1622 amusement1632 evagation1638 retirement1641 divertisement1642 diversiona1684 ploya1689 lounge1788 divertissement1804 happening1959 letterboxing1977 timepass1982 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2217 Tel me furst by þy lay wat doþ ȝour men of fraunce; Of hure disport & ek hure play. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) iii. 17 A fair place for justynges or for other Pleyes and desportes. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 19 Dogges seruing the disport of fowling. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 271 That my disports, corrupt and taint my businesse. View more context for this quotation 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 20 Libertie, for some Disports that might be used on the Sabbath. 1690 E. Gee Jesuit's Mem. 126 Some honest kind of Disports. 1861 Our Eng. Home 21 The display of those pageants and disports which enlivened the repast. †3. Merriment, mirth, fun. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] dreamOE man-dreamOE gleea1200 galec1200 bauderyc1386 oliprancec1390 cheera1393 gaynessc1400 disportc1405 joyousitiea1450 festivitya1500 lakea1500 gaiety1573 merriment1574 jucundity1575 galliardise?1577 jouissance1579 merrymake1579 jolliment1590 mirth1591 jollyhead1596 spleen1598 jocantry16.. geniality1609 jovialty1621 jocundry1637 gaietry1650 sport1671 fun1726 galliardism1745 gig1777 merrymaking1779 hilarity1834 rollick1852 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 137 Sikerly she was of greet desport And ful plesaunt and amyable of port. 1659 P. Heylyn Examen Historicum Introd. §2 It was..a matter of no mean disport amongst the People for a long time after. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week vi. 55 They..in disport surround the drunken wight. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iii. vi. 220 To the great amusement and disport of the polite spectators. †4. The making sport of. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] mirth1560 dicacity1592 jest1597 pleasantry1602 raillery1642 rallery1652 badinage1658 banter1660 disport1667 badinerie1712 rig1725 bantery1739 jokery1740 persiflage1757 quizzery1809 quiz1819 chaff1841 borak1845 barrackc1890 mickey-take1968 smack talk1989 bants2008 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 159 King Sesostrio..caused four captive Kings to draw his Coach..he prided his inconstant Fortune, in the desport of their Vassalage. †5. Bearing, carriage, deportment. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing i-bereOE i-letelOE lundc1175 semblanta1240 countenancec1290 fare1297 porturec1300 bearinga1325 portc1330 abearc1350 demeaning14.. habit1413 apporta1423 havingsa1425 maintenance?c1436 demeanc1450 maintain?1473 deport1474 maintaining1477 demeanance1486 affair1487 containing1487 behaviour1490 representation1490 haviour?1504 demeanour1509 miena1522 function1578 amenance1590 comportance1590 portance1590 purport1590 manage1593 style1596 dispose1601 deportments1603 comportment1605 garb1605 aira1616 deportment1638 comport1660 tour1702 sway1753 disport1761 maintien1814 tenue1828 portment1833 allure1841 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxii. 143 I carried myself..in such fanciful guise of careless disport, that right sore am I ashamed now. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disportv. /dɪˈspɔːt/ Forms: Middle English desporte, Middle English–1500s dys-, Middle English– dis-. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman desporter (Bozon), Old French desporter, depporter, usually deporter , to divert, amuse, please (Godefroy); (reflexive) ‘to cease, forbeare, leaue off, giue ouer: also to disport, play, recreate himselfe, passe away the time’ (Cotgrave); < des- , dis- prefix 1a + porter < Latin portāre to carry, bear. For the sense ‘divert, amuse’, compare the similar development of French divertir, déduire, the notion being that of turning, leading, or carrying away the attention from serious or sad occupations. †1. transitive. To divert (from sadness, ennui, or the like); to amuse, to entertain. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (transitive)] skenta1250 solace1297 comfort1303 gamec1330 disportc1374 mirtha1400 solancea1400 playa1450 recreate1531 pastime1577 sport1577 entertain1593 to take a person out of himself (herself, etc.)1631 divertise1651 to take the fancy of1653 divert1662 amuse1667 tickle1682 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 696 (724) Þey gonnen here comforten..And with here tales wenden here disporten. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 75 Tho was þis wofull wif conforted Be alle weies and desported. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 15 Pip[in]s, quinces, blaunderelle to disport, And the pomecedre corageos to recomfort. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 275 Hee forces Barames to weare womens apparell, and with a Distaffe in's hand to disport the insulting multitude. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 12 Well I remember that all the way we sail'd..we were disported by Whales. 2. reflexive. to disport oneself: to cheer, divert, amuse, or enjoy oneself; to occupy oneself pleasurably; now esp. to play wantonly, frolic, gambol, sport; to display oneself sportively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (reflexive)] shurt?c1225 playc1300 solace1340 lakea1375 to disport oneselfc1385 sport?a1425 short1449 recreate1530 entertain1594 to make oneself glee1602 deboise1633 divertise1651 divert1660 regale1682 besport1855 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr.) Hypsipyle. 1441 To saylyn to that lond hym to disporte. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiv. 154 Þare in will he sitt..for to disporte him and take þe aer. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 521/1 Go disporte you with them, they be good felowes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vi. 8 He hath..attended with weake guard, Come hunting this way to disport himselfe. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 104 Whilst he disported himself at the Court of France. 1742 W. Warburton Note Pope's Ess. Man in Wks. (1811) XI. 142 After having disported himself at will, in the flowery paths of fancy. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia 9 Seabirds were disporting themselves in the water. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 39 My Muse in Sicilian measure was well Pleased to disport her. 3. intransitive (for reflexive) = 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)] playeOE glewc900 gameOE lakec1300 solace1340 bourdc1440 dallyc1440 sporta1450 to make sportc1475 disport1480 to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1509 toy?1521 pastime1523 recreate1589 jest1597 feast1609 deliciate1633 divert1670 carpe diem1817 hobby-horse1819 popjoy1853 that'll be the day1916 to play around1929 loon1969 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. (1482) ccxliii. 287 The emperour..come in to englond to kyng Henry with hym to speke and to disporte. 1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 118 I her caught disporting on the greene. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 157 Every man runs to the taverne to disport..and to bee drunken. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) ii. 14 Where Light disports in ever-mingling Dies. 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming i. iii The flamingo..disporting like a meteor on the lakes. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 296 See the cubs disporting at the mouth of the briery aperture. †4. ? To deport oneself. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave or conduct oneself [verb (reflexive)] wieldOE leadc1175 bear?c1225 steera1250 to take onc1275 contain1297 to shift one's handa1300 demeanc1320 guyc1325 govern1340 keep1362 havec1390 rulec1390 guide14.. conceivea1425 maintain?a1425 maynea1425 behavec1440 disporta1450 orderc1487 use1497 handle?1529 convey1530 gesture1542 treat1568 carry1584 deport1598 bestow1606 comport1616 mienc1680 conduct1706 the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > discourage remove?a1425 discourage1437 revoke1447 disporta1450 to take offa1616 to work off1627 to put off1631 dishearten1634 disinvitea1641 to put or set (anyone) by1768 eyebrow1876 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxvi. l. 281 At themperours table Iset he was, and there disported hym al that day As a man that In letargye lay. †5. transitive ? To divert, or turn away. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1450 J. Damme & J. Gresham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 56 Þe day of oier and termyner shall holde at Norwich on Moneday next comyng, and by þat cause my lord of Oxenford shall be disported of his comyng to þe parlement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1303v.c1374
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