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Webster 1913 Edition

Jape

Jape

,
Verb.
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.

Jape

,
Verb.
T.
To mock; to trick.
Chaucer.
I have not been putting a
jape
upon you.
Sir W. Scott.
The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry
jape
.
W. Besant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Jape

JAPE

,
Verb.
I.
To jest.

JAPE

,
Verb.
T.
To cheat.

JAPE

,
Noun.
A jest; a trick.

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