Definition of Besported

1. besport [v] - See also: besport

Lexicographical Neighbors of Besported

bespirted
bespirting
bespirts
bespit
bespits
bespittle
bespittled
besplashed
bespoil
bespoiled
bespoiling
bespoils
bespoke
bespoken
besport
besported
besports
bespot
bespots
bespotted
bespouse
bespoused
bespouses
bespousing
bespout
bespouted
bespouts
bespread
bespreading
bespreads

Literary usage of Besported

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Days Near Rome by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, Welbore St. Clair Baddeley (1907)
"lines 17-19. Full stop after 'precipice,' and delete the following words, line 28, for ' wine' read ' vines.' ., 53, /of 'besported' read 'disported. ..."

2. Days Near Paris by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1888)
"... deputies of the people besported themselves, and their wives went to market, in the royal carriages.' On reaching the grille of the C'our ..."

3. Walks in Rome by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1882)
"... foundress of the Pamfili fortunes, besported herself during the reign of her brother-in-law, Innocent X, "The great object of Donna Olympia was to keep ..."

4. The First Buckinghamshire Battalion, 1914-1919 by Philip Lowndes Wright (1920)
"Our right included the village of Nervesa, and the posts here were dug out of the asphalt promenade on which the fashion of Italy besported itself in times ..."

5. The Garden of Hyères: A Description of the Most Southern Point on the French by Adolphe Smith (1882)
"... besported himself. After a swim, a bouillabaise is concocted, with a song for dessert and jokes to enliven the road home. This assuredly is a refined ..."

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