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noun 
  1. (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
I shall not succumb to your jests!
  1. (obsolete) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the of the court.
verb 
  1. (archaic) To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
Surely you !

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