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Sported

Sport \Sport\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sported; p. pr. & vb. n. Sporting.]

  1. To play; to frolic; to wanton.

    [Fish], sporting with quick glance, Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold.
    --Milton.

  2. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.

  3. To trifle. ``He sports with his own life.''
    --Tillotson.

  4. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6.
    --Darwin.

    Syn: To play; frolic; game; wanton.

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sported

vb. (en-past of: sport)