jest
noun
a joke or witty remark; witticism.
have jested
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present perfectof jest.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Dozens of other units have jested and jeeped their way around the fronts; such headliners as Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Edward G. Robinson, Morton Downey, Fred Astaire have come & gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
She would not for the world have jested thus, had she thought there was any real attachment in the case.
From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers
Rawbon squirmed uneasily to think he should, however unwittingly, have jested about their dead, but nobody there seemed in any way shocked or resentful.
From Action Front by Boyd Cable
Lay hold, by Thy name, the Chastiser, on them that have treated Thy Cause with scorn, have jested at Thy most mighty utterances, and were hindered from attaining this most exalted station.
From Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
Thus they have jested themselves stark naked, and run into the streets and frighted the people very successfully.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
