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Webster 1913 Edition
Sportive
Sport′ive
(-ĭv)
, Adj.
Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry.
Is it I
That drive thee from the
– That drive thee from the
sportive
court? Shakespeare
Sport′ive-ly
, adv.
Sport′ive-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sportive
SPORTIVE
,Adj.
1.
Gay; merry; wanton; frolicksome.Is it I that drive thee from the sportive court?
2.
Inclined to mirth; playful; as a sportive humor.