gest
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gest 
[jest] Pronunciation Key
[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.
[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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Gest\, n. A guest. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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\, 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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