Definitions
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- v. To jest better than
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To surpass in jesting; to drive out, or away, by jesting.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To overcome or drive away by jesting.
Etymologies
Examples
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For his heroism consists largely in this, that his efforts to outjest his master's injuries are the efforts of a being to whom a responsible and consistent course of action, nay even a responsible use of language, is at the best of times difficult, and from whom it is never at the best of times expected.
Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
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The old king was now left with no other companion than the poor fool, who still abided with him, with his merry conceits striving to outjest misfortune, saying it was but a naughty night to swim in, and truly the king had better go in and ask his daughters blessing: But he that has a little tiny wit,
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The old king was now left with no other companion than the poor fool, who still abided with him, with his merry conceits striving to outjest misfortune, saying it was but a naughty night to swim in, and truly the king had better go in and ask his daughter's blessing: --
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The old king was now left with no other companion than the poor fool, who still abided with him, with his merry conceits striving to outjest misfortune, saying it was but a naughty night to swim in, and truly the king had better go in and ask his daughter's blessing:
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