guested

Verb

guest (third-person singular simple present guests, present participle guesting, simple past and past participle guested)

1. (intransitive) To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.
   • During the '60s, he guested as off-beat characters on TV shows like "The Asphalt Jungle," "Bus Stop," and "The Detectives."1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 254
2. (intransitive) As a musician: to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band).
   • Oldest son Trey, from Will's first marriage, paved the way for his sibling's stardom when he guested on his dad's hit rap album, Big Willie Style, lending some precocious dialogue to the beginning of "Just the Two of Us" and starring in the accompanying music video:2010 September 9, Kevin Fallon, “Will Smith's 9-Year-Old Daughter Gets Record Deal”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 12 Dec 2025
3. (obsolete, transitive) To receive or entertain hospitably.
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