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Feb 9, 2010

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castigate
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with Anu Garg

disport

PRONUNCIATION:

(di-SPORT)

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.: To divert or amuse (oneself).
noun: A diversion or amusement.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French desporter (to divert), from dis- + porter (to carry).

USAGE:

"On the island, as on a stage, the people of Paris disport themselves in every attitude of summer recreation."
T.J. McNamara; Seurat's Grand Triumph of Light; New Zealand Herald; Jan 23, 2010.

See more usage examples of disport in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. -Joyce Carol Oates, writer (b. 1938)

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