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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
gest       [jest] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a story or tale.
2.a deed or exploit.
3.Archaic. a metrical romance or history.
Also, geste.


[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF geste action, exploit < L gesta exploits, neut. pl. ptp. of gerere to carry on, perform]
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gest or geste       (jěst)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A notable adventure or exploit.
    1. A verse romance or tale.
    2. A prose romance.


[Middle English geste; see jest.]

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gest 
"famous deed, exploit," c.1300, from O.Fr. geste "action, exploit, romance," from L. gesta "actions, exploits," neut. pl. of gestus, pp. of gerere "to carry on, wage, perform" (see jest).

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Gest

Gest\, n. A guest. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Gest

Gest\, n. [OF. geste exploit. See Jest.]

1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obs.] --Mede.

3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic]

Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. --Spenser.

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Gest

Gest\, n. [Cf. Gist a resting place.]

1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] --Kersey.

2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obs.] --Hanmer.

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