Disporting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who disports.
"I must fain resign all poetic disportings of the fancy, and pursue my narrative in humble prose."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of disport form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"While they were thus disporting and enjoying themselves, an old man, clothed in a coarse garment of goatskin, with shabby shoes on his feet, and with a bag of provisions at his back, came up to them and seated himself near them."
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