Today's Word "disport"
To divert or amuse
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disport \dis-PORT\ (intransitive verb) - 1 : To amuse oneself in light or lively manner; to frolic.
(transitive verb) - 1 : To divert or amuse. 2 : To display.
"The area was well known as one where the fleet would come to disport and, consequently, citizens tended knew to stay away when it was in port."
Disport derives from Old French desporter, "to divert," from des-, "apart" (from Latin dis-) + porter, "to carry" (from Latin portare) -- hence to disport is at root "to carry apart, or away" (from business or seriousness).
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