jest
noun
a joke or witty remark; witticism.
had jested
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past perfectof jest.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Only a few days before, Hermann Goring had jested: "I have got the best sentence of all."
From Time Magazine Archive
The men had jested with the contractor about his new clothes, but no one dared to allude to John's.
From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Will N. (William Nathaniel) Harben
Something Ephraim had said came into his memory: "If there were ten like Abra in one corral, and one like Tabari in another, a wise man—" But, no doubt, Ephraim had jested.
From The Garden of Eden by Max Brand
He whistled the jota of Aragon as he went, and—he quite forgot Ramon, the great good-humoured giant with whom he had jested and at whom he had laughed.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
And in some way the look made me sorry I had jested.
From By Right of Sword by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
