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budge

1  [buhj] verb, budged, budg⋅ing. (often used negatively)
Use budge in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to move slightly; begin to move: He stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge.
2. to change one's opinion or stated position; yield: Once her father had said “no,” he wouldn't budge.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to move; begin to move: It took three of them to budge the rock.
4. to cause (someone) to reconsider or change an opinion, decision, or stated position: They couldn't budge the lawyer.
Origin:
1580–90; < AF, MF bouger to stir < VL *bullicāre to bubble, freq. of L bullīre; see boil 1

Related forms:
budger, noun

Synonyms:
4. persuade, induce, move, sway, convince.

budge

2  [buhj]
–noun
1. a fur made from lambskin with the wool dressed outward, used esp. as an inexpensive trimming on academic or official gowns.
–adjective
2. made from, trimmed, or lined with budge.
3. Obsolete. pompous; solemn.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME bugee, perh. akin to budget

Budge

  [buhj]
–noun
(John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
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budge 1   (bŭj)   
v.   budged, budg·ing, budg·es

v.   intr.
  1. To move or stir slightly: The trapped child was stuck tight and couldn't budge.
  2. To alter a position or attitude: had made the decision and wouldn't budge.
v.   tr.
  1. To cause to move slightly.
  2. To cause to alter a position or attitude: an adamant critic who couldn't be budged.

[Old French bouger, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre, to bubble, from Latin bullīre, to boil.]
budge 2   (bŭj)   
n.  Fur made from lambskin dressed with the wool outside, formerly used to trim academic robes.
adj.   Archaic
Overformal; pompous.

[Middle English bouge, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin bugia, probably from Latin bulga, leather bag; see budget.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Budge

Budge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budged; p. pr. & vb. n. Budging.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil, bubble), fr. L. bullire. See Boil, v. i.] To move off; to stir; to walk away.

I'll not budge an inch, boy. --Shak.

The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. --Shak.

Budge

Budge\, a. [See Budge, v.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] --South.

Budge

Budge\, n. [OE. bouge bag, OF. boge, bouge, fr. L. bulga a leathern bag or knapsack; a Gallic word; cf. OIr. bolc, Gael. bolg. Cf. Budge, n.] A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.

Budge

Budge\, a. 1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "Budge gowns." --Milton.

2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics.

Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. --Milton.

Budge bachelor, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession.

Budge barrel (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service.
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Language Translation for : budge
Spanish: mover,
German: (vom Fleck) bewegen, rühren,
Japanese: ちょっと動く
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budge 
1590, from M.Fr. bougier "to move, stir," from V.L. *bullicare "to bubble, boil," from L. bullire "to boil."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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