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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jest \Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jested; p. pr. & vb. n. Jesting.]
To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude. [Obs.]
--Shak.-
To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
--Shak.Syn: To joke; sport; rally.
Usage: To Jest, Joke. One jests in order to make others laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good humor without wounding the feelings of its object. ``Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be degraded by being turned into a jest.''
--Crabb.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: jest)
Wikipedia
Ještěd (; ) is the highest mountain peak (1,012 m) of the Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge near Liberec in the north of the Czech Republic. From the summit there are views into Germany and Poland. The Horní Hanychov region of Liberec lies just below the mountain.
On the summit is the Ještěd Tower restaurant, hotel and television tower, designed by Karel Hubáček, accessible by road or cable car ( Ještěd Cable car). The mountain also has a ski resort.
Usage examples of "jested".
Robert had rattled and jested, as she knew it was his way, and that I took it always, as I supposed he meant it, to be a wild airy way of discourse that had no signification in it.
I found I had him fast on the hook, so I jested with his new proposal, and put him off.
A fool more foolish than most had once jested that even Lord Tywin's shit was flecked with gold.