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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sport \Sport\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sported; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sporting.]
     1. To play; to frolic; to wanton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [Fish], sporting with quick glance,
              Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be
        given to betting, as upon races.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To trifle. ``He sports with his own life.'' --Tillotson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To play; frolic; game; wanton.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sported
     vb.
     (infl of en sport  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sported
     vb.
     (infl of en sport  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sported
     vb.
     (infl of en sport  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sported
     vb.
     (infl of en sport  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sported
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s port ed)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sported /spˈɔːtɪd/
  لبس

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sported /spˈɔːtɪd/
  herumgetanzt, herumgesprungen, gehüpft
     Synonym: frisked
  
   see: frisk, sport, frisking, sporting, frisks, sports, frisked, sported
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sported /spˈɔːtɪd/
  tanzte herum, sprang herum, hüpfte
     Synonym: frisked
  
   see: frisk, sport, frisking, sporting, frisked, sported, frisks, sports
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sported /spˈɔːtɪd/
  geprotzt mit
   see: sport sth., sporting
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈspɔɹtɪd/


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