Definition for JEST
JESTJEST'ED
JEST, v.i.
- To divert or make merry by words or actions; to joke.
Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced. – Eccles.
- To utter in sport; to say what is not true, merely for diversion.
- To play a part in a mask. – Shak.
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