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Gest Gestalt Gestant Gestation Gesticulate Gestor Gesture
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ GEST          or GESTE from    see> JEST
^               lat GESTA = DEED or
                    GERERE  TO DO
                note A SHIFT FROM G to J DEMOTES
                GEST to JEST = MOCK TAUNT  see> next
~ GESTALT       INTEGRATED  A WHOLE  INDIVISIBLE
~ GESTANT       PREGNANT  LADEN  as in
                sp EMBARAZAR = TO BURDEN  VEX  BOTHER
                               EMBARRASS or IMPREGNATE
~ GESTATION     biol> PREGNANCY or CARRYING A WOMB WITH UNBORN
                med> THE HORMONE PROGESTERONE FOSTERS or
                     SUSTAINS GESTATION
~ GESTICULATE   TO MIMIC  MAKE BODY LANGUAGE SIGNS
~ GESTOR        ANYONE WHO FOSTERS A DEED OR OUTCOME
~ GESTURE       A MOTION OF THE BODY AS A SIGN or JEST
                OBJECTIVE ACT or MOTION TOWARD A DEED
  A POSTURE or INDICATION of DEPORTMENT CONDUCT BEHAVIOR
  sp  GESTO     = GESTURE  FACIAL EXPRESSION
  lat GESTUS      BODY MOVEMENT
      GERERE      TO CONDUCT thus to GESTATE
      GESTOR      ADMINISTRATOR SUPERINTENDENT  ATTORNEY
  sp  GERENTE     MANAGER
      GESTION     NEGOTIATION  MANAGE  ADVOCATE
      GESTA       NARRATIVE OF DEEDS  also GESTATION
      GESTACION   PREGNANCY
  hx>             EXERCISE PRACTICED BY ROMANS
      GESTEAR     GESTICULATE  MIMIC
  eng JEST        MOCK  TAUNT  GIBE  SNEER or JESTER
      JESTER      hx> THOSE HIRED TO AMUSE  MOCK or
  lat JOCUS       AMUSING TRICK or REMARK  TEASE  JEER
      JOKE        WHAT GIVES A JOCULAR or FUNNY HUMOROUS FEELING
                  or KIDDING  WITTY               sug> KID  GOAT
  sp  JETA        slang for FACE FACIES or
                  for THOSE WITH A HEAVY LIP SNOUT or
                  RUDE FACE  CRUDE GESTICULATIONS
  note common shifts from G to J with
       a concurrent downgrading of the seriousness in
  conveyed concepts as in
  ply> | JOCULAR JESTER in JEST make JOKES per
         GEST GESTATION as do
         JESTERS GESTATING |
  ply> | BEHAVIOR or DEPORTMENT has to do with
         GESTICULATIONS and are reflected in
         COMPORT DEPORT EXPORT PORTABLE |
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