Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Capered"

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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