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jape
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jape \Jape\, v. t.
To mock; to trick. --Chaucer.
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I have not been putting a jape upon you. --Sir W.
Scott.
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The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has
imparted his latest merry jape. --W. Besant.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jape \Jape\, v. i. [Prob. from the same source as gab, influenced by F. japper to yelp. See Gab to deceive.] To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
