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English Dictionary: capering by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caper \Ca"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Capered} p. pr. & vb. n.
      {capering}.] [From older capreoll to caper, cf. F. se cabrer
      to prance; all ultimately fr. L. caper, capra, goat. See
      {Capriole}.]
      To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers;
      to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
  
               He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth. --Shak.
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