CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISPORT
PRESENT
Present
I disport
you disport
he/she/it disports
we disport
you disport
they disport
Present continuous
I am disporting
you are disporting
he/she/it is disporting
we are disporting
you are disporting
they are disporting
Present perfect
I have disported
you have disported
he/she/it has disported
we have disported
you have disported
they have disported
Present perfect continuous
I have been disporting
you have been disporting
he/she/it has been disporting
we have been disporting
you have been disporting
they have been disporting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I disported
you disported
he/she/it disported
we disported
you disported
they disported
Past continuous
I was disporting
you were disporting
he/she/it was disporting
we were disporting
you were disporting
they were disporting
Past perfect
I had disported
you had disported
he/she/it had disported
we had disported
you had disported
they had disported
Past perfect continuous
I had been disporting
you had been disporting
he/she/it had been disporting
we had been disporting
you had been disporting
they had been disporting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will disport
you will disport
he/she/it will disport
we will disport
you will disport
they will disport
Future continuous
I will be disporting
you will be disporting
he/she/it will be disporting
we will be disporting
you will be disporting
they will be disporting
Future perfect
I will have disported
you will have disported
he/she/it will have disported
we will have disported
you will have disported
they will have disported
Future perfect continuous
I will have been disporting
you will have been disporting
he/she/it will have been disporting
we will have been disporting
you will have been disporting
they will have been disporting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would disport
you would disport
he/she/it would disport
we would disport
you would disport
they would disport
Conditional continuous
I would be disporting
you would be disporting
he/she/it would be disporting
we would be disporting
you would be disporting
they would be disporting
Conditional perfect
I would have disport
you would have disport
he/she/it would have disport
we would have disport
you would have disport
they would have disport
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been disporting
you would have been disporting
he/she/it would have been disporting
we would have been disporting
you would have been disporting
they would have been disporting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you disport
we let´s disport
you disport
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
disported
Present Participle
disporting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISPORT»
Discover the use of
disport in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
disport and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Middle English Dictionary
... derisively of adults; (d) to make a noise or motion, exult; of a child in the womb:
leap for joy; ~ with honde(s, ~ hondes, clap the hands, applaud; (e) ~ with, to play
with (sb. ,an angel, a child, children), disport with, dally with; also, torment (sb.) ...
Hans Kurath, Sherman McAllister Kuhn, Robert E. Lewis, 1983
2
Thirtene Most Plesant and Delectable Questions, Entituled a ...
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3
The American Heritage Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
disport. 06 divest 04 plav, romp 07 depnve 05 amuse, cheec insk, revel 08
dislodge, take awav 06 cavort, divert, irolic, gambol disproportion 07 delight 09
asymmetry, imhalance 09 entertain 10 inadequacy, inequality, ...
American Heritage Dictionary, 2003
4
A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with ...
ToDISPLODE, dfs-plo'de. v. a. To disperse with a loud noise, to vent with violence
. DISPLOSION.dls-pl&'-shun. s. The act of ciisploding, a sudden burl! with noise.
DISPORT, disport. s. Plan sport, pastime. To DISPORT, dis-po'rt. v. a. To divert.
5
SAT and ACT VOCABULARY BUILDING
TORPID 3. Falstaff and Hagar the Horrible are mythical, corpulent warriors who
spend the bulk of their time (ing) rather than fighting. 3. DISPORT 4. The
purposeof the Prohibition Amendment, whichwas addedto the Constitution in
1920, was to ...
6
Typographical Antiquities, Or, The History of Printing in ...
Thus by proof this is not the best disport and game of the said four. The disport
and game of fowling me seemeth most simple [foolish]. For in the winter season
the fowler speedeth not but in the most hardest and coldest weather : which is ...
Joseph Ames, William Herbert, 1812
7
Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing ...
Thus by proof this is not the best disport and game of the said four. The disport
and game of fowling me seemeth most simple [foolish] . For in the winter season
the fowler speedeth not but in the most hardest and coldest weather : which is ...
Joseph Ames, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1810
8
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
She lift not hear, but her disports pursu'd ; And ever bade him stay, 'till time the
tide re- new'd, Spenser. •— His disports were ingenious and manlike, whereby
he always learned somewhat. Hayward. (1.) To Disport, d. a. [fro;n the nou.i.] ...
9
The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
2. be merry; carouse; carry on; celebrate; debauch; disport; frolic; party; play;
revel; riot; roister; rollick; romp; skylark. raise (some) eyebrows (of) A moribund
metaphor (see page 21). amaze; astonish; astound; awe; dumbfound; flabbergast
; jar; ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
10
Sheridan Improved: A General Pronouncing and Explanatory ...
v. a. to displease, not to gain favour To DISPLODE, (dis-pl&'de.) a. to disperse
with a loud noise; to vent with violence DISPLOSION, (dis-plo-zhun.) /. the act of
difploding, a sudden burst with noise DISPORT, (disport'.) f. pray, sport, pastime
To ...
Stephen Jones, Thomas Sheridan, 1798
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISPORT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
disport is used in the context of the following news items.
The Perverted “Feminist” Attack on Modi
Then in his 'huge bed', Mao would 'disport with as many girls as took his fancy and the bed would bear' (p.218). Lynch says: “According to his ... «Swarajya, Jul 15»
Chinese at play defined in White Rabbit Gallery exhibition
His subjects disport themselves in camp, sometimes explicit poses. It feels desperate and – given the theme of this show – anything but playful. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
The Driver's Seat
Red herrings stalk, disport and flaunt themselves across Laurie Sansom's articulate and disturbing adaptation of Muriel Spark's 1970 novella ... «The Stage, Jun 15»
Why Topshop's windows are the best on Oxford Street
Well, yes there is, but in spite of the undoubted allure of sun-kissed Pacific shores where people disport themselves, you can only look at this ... «Retail Week, Jun 15»
The non-surgical neck lift. Does it work?
First: Use a neuro-toxin like Botox or Disport. “When you use Botox, it's like shrink wrapping your neck so it pulls it and makes it more taunt and ... «ABC Action News, May 15»
Jeb Bush cozies up to haters: Jerry Falwell, Liberty University and …
... and sending out sadists to disport themselves by methodically ripping off breasts, crushing skulls, and winding racks to snap apart bodies, ... «Salon, May 15»
Letter: Olympics an ill-advised house party
Hordes of strangers disport themselves. Your house is trashed, the neighborhood gridlocked. Retail prices rise unconscionably. Muggers ... «Wicked Local Brookline, May 15»
All Cranko!, Opernhaus, Stuttgart — review
In a work conceived as a pendant piece to the female-heavy Giselle, 12 men and only two women disport themselves to Mozart in stage ... «Financial Times, May 15»
Tim Richardson: A trout stream in the backyard? Now that really is …
It's all very much in line with current trends in planting, which look to the way plants disport themselves in nature for inspiration. At his own new ... «Evening Standard, May 15»
Little Magazine, Big Ideas: The American Prospect at 25
... his takedown of fox News, “We Disport. We Deride” (2003); Eric Alterman and Michael Tomasky's analysis of the press and the 2004 election, ... «The American Prospect, May 15»
