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Jape
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To mock; to trick. Chaucer. I have not been putting a jape upon you. Sir W. Scott. The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape. W. Besant.