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Adventuresome exploit
Answer for the clue "Adventuresome exploit ", 4 letters:
gest
Alternative clues for the word gest
Word definitions for gest in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gest \Gest\, n. [Cf. Gist a resting place.] A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] --Kersey. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"famous deed, exploit; story, romance," c.1300, from Old French geste "action, exploit, romance, history (of celebrated people or actions)," from Latin gesta "actions, exploits, deeds, achievements," neuter plural of gestus , past participle of gerere "to ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context obsolete English) A gesture or action. 2 (context archaic English) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance. 3 (context archaic English) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. 4 (context ...
Usage examples of gest.
Gest himself saw to it that Ayna, Gair and Ceri learned to handle weapons.
The bees came out of their clay tunnels to defend Gair, saw it was Gest and went in again.
The Songman glanced quickly from Gair to Gest, as if he was comparing them, and Gair thought he knew Gest, too.
She brought the tray and empty dishes to the kitchen, where Abuna, with more than her usual courtesy, sug gested that Menolly had better get some breakfast before it was all gone.
As he got to his feet, he began to black out again, and Gesten tsked at him as he sat abruptly back down.
A band of them whom Gest had come upon this morning did tell him that King Sigurdh had borne off the body of his foe King Harald, to give it a barrow and grave goods at Uppsala for the sake of his own honor.
Skan simply kept a running account with Gesten, whose services he shared with Amberdrake.
Some of the data the base sent me on brain-damaged simians sug gested thatsome kinds of damage did something to the parts of the brain that make you compensate for — for things that you know should be there, but aren't.