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"Tourists disported on the beach until the setting sun urged them inside for dinner."
"The otters disported themselves in the river, playing and tumbling over one another."
"My mother got a job at a plant shop, turning gardening from a disport into an occupation."
Old French, 14th century
You'll recognize the word "sport" tucked inside of this archaic word, because "disport" is the original form of "sport." It comes from the Latin "portare," and in Old French, "porter" meant "carry" and "des-" meant "away." The literal translation of …
