To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.
There they thir fill of Love and Loves disport Took largely, of thir mutual guilt the Seale, The solace of thir sin, till dewie sleep Oppress'd them, wearied with thir amorous play.
They disport themselves with a wild dance; flames shoot from their mouths; their feet touch not the earth; they move in the air.
It inhabits South America, and usually lives in pairs, avoiding the interior of forests, and delighting to disport itself in the sunny meadows of its native land.
Should the day be warm, the whole flock seek shelter in the woods, and disport themselves upon the branches of the wild vine, rarely, however, flying to any great distance from their usual haunts.
The day is spent in hopping about on the ground, and in the evening they disport themselves with wonderful agility upon the branches of their favourite trees.
Nor does the realistic novelist in such efforts have the air of one who has left his true business in order to disport himself for once in an alien element.
No man of his generation has quite such a grip on the vernacular: his speech rejoices to disport itself in root flavors; the only younger writer who equals him in this relish for reality of expression is Kipling.
It is agreeable to the traveler to see that the provincials disport themselves within bounds, and that an hilarious spree here does not differ much in its exercises from a prayer-meeting elsewhere.
We make our selues Fooles, to disport our selues, And spend our Flatteries, to drinke those men, Vpon whose Age we voyde it vp agen With poysonous Spight and Enuy.
Nobody is allowed to harm them, and the birds seem to be perfectly aware of this fact, for they disport themselves with the greatest confidence.
Now Bridget was a zealous believer in saints, miracles, and the like; and Ellen would often disport herself gently on the subject.
He tried to rally into a smile, but was unable to disport himself in this wise, and it became needful that some way should be hit upon for their extrication, and that speedily.
A simple circle denotes the boundary of the enchanted land wherein she dwells, a park with noble trees and lovely flowers, among which disport the little animals that associate themselves with mankind.
Your cure has been speedy indeed to permit of your so behaving: and as for such a purpose you have so many goodly chambers, why betake you not yourselves to one of them, if you must needs so disport yourselves?
So the ladies and the men being risen, some bared their feet and betook them to the clear water, there to disport them, while others took their pleasure upon the green lawn amid the trees that there grew goodly and straight.
They believe that God has created the great giant solely that they may disportthemselves merrily on the top of him, the truth being that if he were to awake and rise there would be an end of them.
For your disport and solace, It forceth not though ye do When ye may have leisure thereto; And among I will help you also In due time and place.
When he lusteth best, To laugh for hisdisport and solace.
Another while I will me disport And to mine old company resort.
I preve by reason they be worse than beasts: A beast doth after his natural institution; Ye may conceive, by their disport and behaviour, Their joy and delight is in derision Of their own Christ, to His dishonour.
As it was it gave him funds to disport himself with in her company.
There were periods when he could afford to live in the most expensive apartment houses, dine at the best restaurants, visit the most expensive country pleasure resorts and otherwise disport himself in the companionship of friends.
We have known him to disportfor half a day upon the kerb-stone, carrying on with all his might to whomsoever would endure it.
With what delight do we disport us in the illimitable void of its nothingness, as who should swim in air!
The fancy can no more soar and disport in skyey regions, the beloved object ceases at once to be celestial, and remains plodding on earth, entirely unromantic and substantial.
Write to him a goodly tale or two, On which he may disport him at night.
Write to him a goodly tale or two, On which he may disport him by night, And his free grace shall on thee light.
We can no longer allow you to disport yourselves in the Fields of History as if they were a mere playground.
Now we'll come and disport ourselves under the trees, and you shall watch the birds from a safe distance.
His chief aim was to consume as much time before the jury as possible, and disport himself in the public eye as long as he could drag out an excuse.
Judge Maxwell allowed Hammer to disport uncurbed until it became evident that, if given his way, the barber-lawyer would drag the trial out until Joe was well along in middle life.
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