Jāpe1, v. i.
[O. Fr. gaber, Pr. & O. Sp. gabar, It. gabbare, to deride, mock, jest, cheat. See GAB.] To jest. [Obs. or rare.] Chaucer.
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Jape
Jāpe2, v. t.
[See supra.] To play jests upon; to deride; to trick; to cheat.
Jāpe3, n.
n. A jest; a trick. I have not been putting a jape upon you all this time. W. Scott.